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-8 with dependents at Seattle draws $4,143 per month in 2026

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    Seattle, WA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $4,143/ month
    $49,716 / year
    At E-8, this is #31 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA WA309 · ZIPs 98001 98002 98003 98004 98005 98006 +115 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,312 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,291 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Seattle — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,976$2,271
    E-2$2,976$2,271
    E-3$2,976$2,271
    E-4$2,976$2,271
    E-5$3,135$2,625
    E-6$3,906$2,931
    E-7$4,020$3,015
    E-8$4,143$3,291
    E-9$4,311$3,525
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,927$2,946
    W-2$4,071$3,288
    W-3$4,221$3,549
    W-4$4,347$3,930
    W-5$4,503$4,047
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,041$3,132
    O-2E$4,197$3,471
    O-3E$4,371$3,900
    Officer
    O-1$3,231$2,814
    O-2$3,897$3,087
    O-3$4,215$3,627
    O-4$4,554$4,020
    O-5$4,797$4,086
    O-6$4,836$4,200
    O-7$4,875$4,275
    PCS compareSeattle · E-8 · $4,143/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$1,152−$13,824/yr · like −$17,723 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Trenton$4,269
    Perth Amboy$4,200
    Ventura$4,161
    San Luis Obispo$4,152
    Seattle$4,143
    Portland$4,098
    Burlington$4,092
    Manchester$4,065
    Marin$4,065
    Anniston$1,638

    Seattle is #31 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 Seattle0 – $4,875 / month
    E-1$2,976
    E-2$2,976
    E-3$2,976
    E-4$2,976
    E-5$3,135
    E-6$3,906
    E-7$4,020
    E-8$4,143
    E-9$4,311
    W-1$3,927
    W-2$4,071
    W-3$4,221
    W-4$4,347
    W-5$4,503
    O-1E$4,041
    O-2E$4,197
    O-3E$4,371
    O-1$3,231
    O-2$3,897
    O-3$4,215
    O-4$4,554
    O-5$4,797
    O-6$4,836
    O-7$4,875

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $168 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 Seattle to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $2,190 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $168 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $4,143 a month of BAH takes more than $4,143 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.