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 Springfield draws $1,593 per month in 2026

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    Springfield/Decatur, IL
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,593/ month
    $19,116 / year
    At E-8, this is #286 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA IL335 · ZIPs 61756 62501 62513 62514 62515 62520 +66 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,042 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,959 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Springfield — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,356$1,119
    E-2$1,356$1,119
    E-3$1,356$1,119
    E-4$1,356$1,119
    E-5$1,527$1,152
    E-6$1,824$1,365
    E-7$1,887$1,416
    E-8$1,959$1,593
    E-9$2,070$1,674
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,842$1,383
    W-2$1,917$1,590
    W-3$2,004$1,686
    W-4$2,094$1,833
    W-5$2,205$1,902
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,899$1,524
    O-2E$1,989$1,656
    O-3E$2,109$1,815
    Officer
    O-1$1,572$1,182
    O-2$1,821$1,476
    O-3$2,001$1,713
    O-4$2,238$1,884
    O-5$2,412$1,920
    O-6$2,430$1,983
    O-7$2,442$2,013
    PCS compareSpringfield · E-8 · $1,593/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$945+$11,340/yr · like +$14,538 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Beaumont$1,602
    Columbus AFB$1,602
    County Cost Group 720$1,602
    Sumter$1,596
    Springfield$1,593
    Huntington$1,587
    County Cost Group 710$1,581
    Brownsville$1,578
    Terre Haute$1,566
    Youngstown$1,248

    Springfield is #286 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 Springfield0 – $2,013 / month
    E-1$1,119
    E-2$1,119
    E-3$1,119
    E-4$1,119
    E-5$1,152
    E-6$1,365
    E-7$1,416
    E-8$1,593
    E-9$1,674
    W-1$1,383
    W-2$1,590
    W-3$1,686
    W-4$1,833
    W-5$1,902
    O-1E$1,524
    O-2E$1,656
    O-3E$1,815
    O-1$1,182
    O-2$1,476
    O-3$1,713
    O-4$1,884
    O-5$1,920
    O-6$1,983
    O-7$2,013

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $81 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 Springfield to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,603 a month — about 44 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,593 a month of BAH takes more than $1,593 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.