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 Tallahassee draws $1,878 per month in 2026

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    Tallahassee, FL
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,878/ month
    $22,536 / year
    At E-8, this is #222 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA FL065 · ZIPs 32301 32302 32303 32304 32305 32306 +24 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,408 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,454 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Tallahassee — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,779$1,443
    E-2$1,779$1,443
    E-3$1,779$1,443
    E-4$1,779$1,443
    E-5$1,824$1,626
    E-6$2,061$1,734
    E-7$2,250$1,782
    E-8$2,454$1,878
    E-9$2,670$2,004
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,082$1,779
    W-2$2,334$1,875
    W-3$2,586$2,007
    W-4$2,700$2,100
    W-5$2,838$2,295
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,286$1,821
    O-2E$2,550$1,926
    O-3E$2,721$2,052
    Officer
    O-1$1,860$1,731
    O-2$2,058$1,815
    O-3$2,580$2,010
    O-4$2,883$2,259
    O-5$3,099$2,376
    O-6$3,123$2,565
    O-7$3,144$2,610
    PCS compareTallahassee · E-8 · $1,878/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$660+$7,920/yr · like +$10,154 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Fort Leavenworth$1,884
    Fort Bliss$1,881
    Corpus Christi$1,878
    Fort Campbell$1,878
    Tallahassee$1,878
    Greensboro$1,875
    Little Rock$1,875
    Des Moines$1,863
    Marquette$1,863
    Youngstown$1,248

    Tallahassee is #222 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 Tallahassee0 – $2,610 / month
    E-1$1,443
    E-2$1,443
    E-3$1,443
    E-4$1,443
    E-5$1,626
    E-6$1,734
    E-7$1,782
    E-8$1,878
    E-9$2,004
    W-1$1,779
    W-2$1,875
    W-3$2,007
    W-4$2,100
    W-5$2,295
    O-1E$1,821
    O-2E$1,926
    O-3E$2,052
    O-1$1,731
    O-2$1,815
    O-3$2,010
    O-4$2,259
    O-5$2,376
    O-6$2,565
    O-7$2,610

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $126 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 Tallahassee to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,318 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $126 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $1,878 a month of BAH takes more than $1,878 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.