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Sault Ste Marie BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MI145

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W-5 · With dependents
$2,268per month

$27,216 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #282 of 338W-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,908/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$201/mo · +9.7%2025 $2,067 → 2026 $2,268
W-5 rate selectedMHA MI145 ZIPs 49710 49715 49719 49724 49725 49726 +16
PCS compare Sault Ste Marie · W-5 · with dep. · $2,268/mo
Sault Ste Marie $2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
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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$2,067
2026$2,268

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

W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County $7,338
Sumter $2,316
Goodfellow AFB $2,310
County Cost Group 740 $2,307
Sioux Falls $2,307
Lubbock $2,289
Moody AFB $2,289
St Mary And Terrebonne $2,286
San Antonio (JBSA) $2,280
Little Rock $2,274
County Cost Group 730 $2,271
Sault Ste Marie $2,268
Fort Benning $2,262
Lafayette $2,262
Yuma $2,253
Peoria $2,250
County Cost Group 720 $2,244
Montgomery $2,244
Beaumont $2,235
Lake Charles $2,223
Alexandria $2,220
County Cost Group 710 $2,220
Youngstown $1,806

Sault Ste Marie is #282 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 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.

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.

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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
SHA-256
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