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 $1,917Without $1,491

    O-2 at Sault Ste Marie draws $1,917 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,491 without

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    Sault Ste Marie, MI
    O-2 · with dependents
    $1,917/ month
    $23,004 / year
    At O-2, this is #260 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA MI145 · ZIPs 49710 49715 49719 49724 49725 49726 +16 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,458 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,491 / mo
    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 · O-2 · $1,917/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$822+$9,864/yr · like +$12,646 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    White Sands MR$1,926
    Whiteman AFB$1,926
    Akron$1,923
    Fort Hood$1,917
    Sault Ste Marie$1,917
    Beaumont$1,914
    Moody AFB$1,914
    Morgantown$1,914
    County Cost Group 740$1,893
    Youngstown$1,332

    Sault Ste Marie is #260 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 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

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $42 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 San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,534 a month — about 84 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $42 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $1,917 a month of BAH takes more than $1,917 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.