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

    W-3 without dependents at Sault Ste Marie draws $1,743 per month in 2026

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    Sault Ste Marie, MI
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,743/ month
    $20,916 / year
    At W-3, this is #271 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA MI145 · ZIPs 49710 49715 49719 49724 49725 49726 +16 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,235 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,962 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 · W-3 · $1,743/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$876+$10,512/yr · like +$13,477 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,755
    County Cost Group 740$1,752
    Oklahoma City$1,752
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,752
    Sault Ste Marie$1,743
    Sumter$1,743
    Holloman AFB$1,737
    Moody AFB$1,737
    Beaumont$1,731
    Youngstown$1,341

    Sault Ste Marie is #271 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 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 W-4 here adds $174 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 W-3 is worth $3,558 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $174 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $1,743 a month of BAH takes more than $1,743 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.