BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    With $5,529Without $5,196

    E-8 at San Francisco draws $5,529 per month with dependents in 2026, $5,196 without

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    San Francisco, CA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $5,529/ month
    $66,348 / year
    At E-8, this is #2 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA CA019 · ZIPs 94005 94010 94011 94014 94015 94016 +67 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$7,088 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$5,196 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    San Francisco — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$4,764$3,573
    E-2$4,764$3,573
    E-3$4,764$3,573
    E-4$4,764$3,573
    E-5$5,127$4,086
    E-6$5,454$4,443
    E-7$5,490$4,782
    E-8$5,529$5,196
    E-9$5,799$5,286
    Warrant officer
    W-1$5,472$4,644
    W-2$5,505$5,193
    W-3$5,559$5,301
    W-4$5,892$5,454
    W-5$6,297$5,496
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$5,493$5,124
    O-2E$5,547$5,268
    O-3E$5,955$5,445
    Officer
    O-1$5,172$4,401
    O-2$5,451$5,007
    O-3$5,556$5,331
    O-4$6,444$5,481
    O-5$7,089$5,499
    O-6$7,155$5,532
    O-7$7,215$5,634
    PCS compareSan Francisco · E-8 · $5,529/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$2,538−$30,456/yr · like −$39,046 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    San Francisco$5,529
    New York City$5,418
    Maui County$5,382
    Nantucket$5,364
    Santa Clara County$5,145
    Anniston$1,638

    San Francisco is #2 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month — $56,340 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at San Francisco0 – $7,215 / month
    E-1$4,764
    E-2$4,764
    E-3$4,764
    E-4$4,764
    E-5$5,127
    E-6$5,454
    E-7$5,490
    E-8$5,529
    E-9$5,799
    W-1$5,472
    W-2$5,505
    W-3$5,559
    W-4$5,892
    W-5$6,297
    O-1E$5,493
    O-2E$5,547
    O-3E$5,955
    O-1$5,172
    O-2$5,451
    O-3$5,556
    O-4$6,444
    O-5$7,089
    O-6$7,155
    O-7$7,215

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $270 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from San Francisco to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $804 a month — about 3 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $270 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 6% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $5,529 a month of BAH takes more than $5,529 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't tell you

    01

    “With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

    02

    O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

    03

    This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.