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
    WithWithout

    E-5 without dependents at Sault Ste Marie draws $1,155 per month in 2026

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    Sault Ste Marie, MI
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,155/ month
    $13,860 / year
    At E-5, this is #311 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA MI145 · ZIPs 49710 49715 49719 49724 49725 49726 +16 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,481 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,536 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Sault Ste Marie — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,386$1,041
    E-2$1,386$1,041
    E-3$1,386$1,041
    E-4$1,386$1,041
    E-5$1,536$1,155
    E-6$1,920$1,437
    E-7$1,941$1,458
    E-8$1,950$1,617
    E-9$2,058$1,728
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,938$1,455
    W-2$1,947$1,614
    W-3$1,962$1,743
    W-4$2,097$1,917
    W-5$2,268$1,935
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,944$1,533
    O-2E$1,953$1,701
    O-3E$2,124$1,911
    Officer
    O-1$1,590$1,230
    O-2$1,917$1,491
    O-3$1,959$1,779
    O-4$2,325$1,923
    O-5$2,595$1,947
    O-6$2,613$1,959
    O-7$2,628$1,971
    PCS compareSault Ste Marie · E-5 · $1,155/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$831+$9,972/yr · like +$12,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Stevens Point$1,161
    Columbus AFB$1,158
    Fort Riley$1,158
    County Cost Group 630$1,155
    Sault Ste Marie$1,155
    Springfield$1,152
    Charleston$1,149
    County Cost Group 620$1,149
    County Cost Group 610$1,143
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Sault Ste Marie is #311 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Sault Ste Marie0 – $1,971 / month
    E-1$1,041
    E-2$1,041
    E-3$1,041
    E-4$1,041
    E-5$1,155
    E-6$1,437
    E-7$1,458
    E-8$1,617
    E-9$1,728
    W-1$1,455
    W-2$1,614
    W-3$1,743
    W-4$1,917
    W-5$1,935
    O-1E$1,533
    O-2E$1,701
    O-3E$1,911
    O-1$1,230
    O-2$1,491
    O-3$1,779
    O-4$1,923
    O-5$1,947
    O-6$1,959
    O-7$1,971

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $282 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 Sault Ste Marie to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,825 a month — about 14 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $282 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,155 a month of BAH takes more than $1,155 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.