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 Fort Riley draws $1,434 per month in 2026

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    Fort Riley, KS
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,434/ month
    $17,208 / year
    At E-8, this is #17 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,065 · low Fort Riley $1,434
    MHA KS165 · ZIPs 66442 66502 66441
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,838 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,911 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Riley — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,272$1,050
    E-2$1,272$1,050
    E-3$1,272$1,050
    E-4$1,272$1,050
    E-5$1,314$1,158
    E-6$1,782$1,338
    E-7$1,845$1,383
    E-8$1,911$1,434
    E-9$2,013$1,548
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,803$1,353
    W-2$1,872$1,410
    W-3$1,956$1,566
    W-4$2,037$1,794
    W-5$2,139$1,860
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,854$1,392
    O-2E$1,941$1,518
    O-3E$2,052$1,776
    Officer
    O-1$1,377$1,227
    O-2$1,779$1,386
    O-3$1,953$1,611
    O-4$2,169$1,842
    O-5$2,325$1,875
    O-6$2,340$1,935
    O-7$2,352$1,965
    PCS compareFort Riley · E-8 · $1,434/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,860/mo · $22,320/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$426+$5,112/yr · like +$6,554 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, every station0 – $4,065 / month
    San Diego$4,065
    Camp Pendleton$4,056
    Honolulu County$3,720
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,634
    Norfolk$2,463
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,430
    Fort Carson$2,379
    Fort Stewart$2,340
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,920
    Fort Bliss$1,881
    Fort Campbell$1,878
    Fort Bragg$1,860
    Fort Benning$1,773
    Fort Drum$1,749
    Fort Hood$1,746
    Camp Lejeune$1,662
    Fort Riley$1,434

    Fort Riley is #17 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,631 a month — $31,572 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Riley0 – $1,965 / month
    E-1$1,050
    E-2$1,050
    E-3$1,050
    E-4$1,050
    E-5$1,158
    E-6$1,338
    E-7$1,383
    E-8$1,434
    E-9$1,548
    W-1$1,353
    W-2$1,410
    W-3$1,566
    W-4$1,794
    W-5$1,860
    O-1E$1,392
    O-2E$1,518
    O-3E$1,776
    O-1$1,227
    O-2$1,386
    O-3$1,611
    O-4$1,842
    O-5$1,875
    O-6$1,935
    O-7$1,965

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $114 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 Fort Riley to San Diego at E-8 is worth $2,631 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,434 a month of BAH takes more than $1,434 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.