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 Volusia County draws $2,334 per month in 2026

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    Volusia County, FL
    E-8 · without dependents
    $2,334/ month
    $28,008 / year
    At E-8, this is #129 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA FL070 · ZIPs 32105 32110 32114 32115 32116 32117 +48 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,992 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,598 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Volusia County — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,112$1,647
    E-2$2,112$1,647
    E-3$2,112$1,647
    E-4$2,112$1,647
    E-5$2,286$1,833
    E-6$2,496$1,956
    E-7$2,544$2,118
    E-8$2,598$2,334
    E-9$2,688$2,385
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,511$2,064
    W-2$2,565$2,331
    W-3$2,637$2,394
    W-4$2,706$2,499
    W-5$2,802$2,553
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,550$2,283
    O-2E$2,622$2,373
    O-3E$2,721$2,484
    Officer
    O-1$2,319$1,938
    O-2$2,493$2,232
    O-3$2,634$2,415
    O-4$2,826$2,538
    O-5$2,970$2,565
    O-6$2,991$2,613
    O-7$3,012$2,655
    PCS compareVolusia County · E-8 · $2,334/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$204+$2,448/yr · like +$3,138 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Pittsburgh$2,352
    Fort Stewart$2,340
    Astoria$2,337
    Cincinnati$2,337
    Volusia County$2,334
    Phoenix$2,331
    Dover AFB$2,325
    Fort Collins$2,325
    County Cost Group 830$2,319
    Youngstown$1,248

    Volusia County is #129 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 Volusia County0 – $2,655 / month
    E-1$1,647
    E-2$1,647
    E-3$1,647
    E-4$1,647
    E-5$1,833
    E-6$1,956
    E-7$2,118
    E-8$2,334
    E-9$2,385
    W-1$2,064
    W-2$2,331
    W-3$2,394
    W-4$2,499
    W-5$2,553
    O-1E$2,283
    O-2E$2,373
    O-3E$2,484
    O-1$1,938
    O-2$2,232
    O-3$2,415
    O-4$2,538
    O-5$2,565
    O-6$2,613
    O-7$2,655

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $51 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 Volusia County to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $2,862 a month — about 56 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $51 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,334 a month of BAH takes more than $2,334 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.