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 White Sands MR draws $2,043 per month in 2026

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    White Sands MR/Las Cruces, NM
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,043/ month
    $24,516 / year
    At E-8, this is #266 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA NM209 · ZIPs 87936 87937 87940 87941 88001 88002 +24 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,619 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,752 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    White Sands MR — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,503$1,155
    E-2$1,503$1,155
    E-3$1,503$1,155
    E-4$1,503$1,155
    E-5$1,701$1,275
    E-6$1,929$1,443
    E-7$1,983$1,509
    E-8$2,043$1,752
    E-9$2,127$1,809
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,944$1,458
    W-2$2,007$1,749
    W-3$2,085$1,821
    W-4$2,142$1,932
    W-5$2,220$1,995
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,989$1,698
    O-2E$2,070$1,797
    O-3E$2,154$1,917
    Officer
    O-1$1,737$1,302
    O-2$1,926$1,638
    O-3$2,082$1,842
    O-4$2,241$1,977
    O-5$2,358$2,007
    O-6$2,376$2,061
    O-7$2,388$2,094
    PCS compareWhite Sands MR · E-8 · $2,043/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$948+$11,376/yr · like +$14,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    China Lake$2,058
    Frankfort$2,058
    Camp Lejeune$2,049
    County Cost Group 740$2,049
    White Sands MR$2,043
    Fort Benning$2,037
    Wright-Patterson AFB$2,037
    Wilkes-Barre$2,034
    Sumter$2,025
    Anniston$1,638

    White Sands MR is #266 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 White Sands MR0 – $2,388 / month
    E-1$1,503
    E-2$1,503
    E-3$1,503
    E-4$1,503
    E-5$1,701
    E-6$1,929
    E-7$1,983
    E-8$2,043
    E-9$2,127
    W-1$1,944
    W-2$2,007
    W-3$2,085
    W-4$2,142
    W-5$2,220
    O-1E$1,989
    O-2E$2,070
    O-3E$2,154
    O-1$1,737
    O-2$1,926
    O-3$2,082
    O-4$2,241
    O-5$2,358
    O-6$2,376
    O-7$2,388

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $84 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 White Sands MR to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,290 a month — about 51 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $84 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. $2,043 a month of BAH takes more than $2,043 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.