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 without dependents at Shreveport draws $1,887 per month in 2026

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    Shreveport/Barksdale AFB, LA
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,887/ month
    $22,644 / year
    At E-8, this is #216 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA LA117 · ZIPs 71004 71006 71007 71009 71029 71033 +52 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,419 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,208 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Shreveport — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,701$1,281
    E-2$1,701$1,281
    E-3$1,701$1,281
    E-4$1,701$1,281
    E-5$1,845$1,452
    E-6$2,028$1,566
    E-7$2,112$1,704
    E-8$2,208$1,887
    E-9$2,352$1,932
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,043$1,662
    W-2$2,151$1,884
    W-3$2,271$1,941
    W-4$2,382$2,040
    W-5$2,520$2,133
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,127$1,842
    O-2E$2,250$1,920
    O-3E$2,403$2,016
    Officer
    O-1$1,875$1,551
    O-2$2,025$1,800
    O-3$2,268$1,956
    O-4$2,562$2,112
    O-5$2,778$2,163
    O-6$2,799$2,247
    O-7$2,817$2,283
    PCS compareShreveport · E-8 · $1,887/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$651+$7,812/yr · like +$10,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Bloomington$1,923
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,920
    Morehead$1,896
    State College$1,893
    Shreveport$1,887
    County Cost Group 780$1,884
    Fort Leavenworth$1,884
    Fort Bliss$1,881
    Corpus Christi$1,878
    Youngstown$1,248

    Shreveport is #216 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Shreveport0 – $2,283 / month
    E-1$1,281
    E-2$1,281
    E-3$1,281
    E-4$1,281
    E-5$1,452
    E-6$1,566
    E-7$1,704
    E-8$1,887
    E-9$1,932
    W-1$1,662
    W-2$1,884
    W-3$1,941
    W-4$2,040
    W-5$2,133
    O-1E$1,842
    O-2E$1,920
    O-3E$2,016
    O-1$1,551
    O-2$1,800
    O-3$1,956
    O-4$2,112
    O-5$2,163
    O-6$2,247
    O-7$2,283

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $45 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 Shreveport to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,309 a month — about 74 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,887 a month of BAH takes more than $1,887 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.