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Sault Ste Marie BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MI145

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E-8 · With dependents
$1,950per month

$23,400 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #289 of 338E-8 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,500/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$153/mo · +8.5%2025 $1,797 → 2026 $1,950
E-8 rate selectedMHA MI145 ZIPs 49710 49715 49719 49724 49725 49726 +16
PCS compare Sault Ste Marie · E-8 · with dep. · $1,950/mo
Sault Ste Marie $1,950/mo · $23,400/yr
CURRENT

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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$1,797
2026$1,950

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Sault Ste Marie — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County $6,333
County Cost Group 720 $1,989
Moody AFB $1,980
County Cost Group 710 $1,968
Little Rock $1,968
Akron $1,962
Springfield $1,962
Springfield $1,959
Terre Haute $1,959
Fort Leonard Wood $1,956
Beaumont $1,950
Sault Ste Marie $1,950
County Cost Group 700 $1,947
Oklahoma City $1,944
Lubbock $1,941
Gulfport $1,938
County Cost Group 690 $1,932
County Cost Group 680 $1,920
St Mary And Terrebonne $1,920
Fort Polk $1,911
Fort Riley $1,911
County Cost Group 670 $1,908
Anniston $1,638

Sault Ste Marie is #289 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 Sault Ste Marie0 – $2,628 / month
E-1 $1,386
E-2 $1,386
E-3 $1,386
E-4 $1,386
E-5 $1,536
E-6 $1,920
E-7 $1,941
E-8 $1,950
E-9 $2,058
W-1 $1,938
W-2 $1,947
W-3 $1,962
W-4 $2,097
W-5 $2,268
O-1E $1,944
O-2E $1,953
O-3E $2,124
O-1 $1,590
O-2 $1,917
O-3 $1,959
O-4 $2,325
O-5 $2,595
O-6 $2,613
O-7 $2,628

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Sault Ste Marie to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,383 a month — about 41 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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