2026 BAH · Michigan

Michigan BAH rates 2026

Michigan has 10 military housing areas. E-5 BAH with dependents ranges from $1,503 in Saginaw, MI to $2,559 in Ann Arbor, MI.

Housing area	E-1 with	E-5 with	E-5 without	O-3 with	vs 2025
Ann Arbor, MI	$2,292	$2,559	$1,920	$3,357	+3.3%
Detroit, MI	$2,034	$2,361	$1,770	$2,778	+4.9%
Grand Haven, MI	$2,004	$2,181	$1,740	$2,553	+3.8%
Grand Rapids, MI	$1,950	$2,148	$1,635	$2,439	+4.2%
Traverse City, MI	$2,037	$2,070	$1,896	$3,069	+8.8%
Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI	$1,698	$1,959	$1,470	$2,514	+5.8%
Marquette, MI	$1,626	$1,821	$1,365	$2,385	+0.8%
Lansing, MI	$1,611	$1,806	$1,356	$2,127	+8.9%
Sault Ste. Marie, MI	$1,386	$1,536	$1,155	$1,959	+9.8%
Saginaw, MI	$1,329	$1,503	$1,128	$1,842	+0.9%

Rural Michigan: county cost groups

569 Michigan ZIP codes fall outside the housing areas above and get a county cost group rate.

Group	ZIPs in MI	E-5 with	E-5 without
County Cost Group 760	72	$1,686	$1,368
County Cost Group 690	57	$1,482	$1,200
County Cost Group 680	52	$1,470	$1,191
County Cost Group 670	45	$1,461	$1,185
County Cost Group 710	44	$1,515	$1,227
County Cost Group 790	41	$1,890	$1,542
County Cost Group 770	36	$1,752	$1,425
County Cost Group 660	35	$1,449	$1,176
County Cost Group 740	30	$1,590	$1,290
County Cost Group 600	23	$1,404	$1,137
County Cost Group 620	23	$1,419	$1,149
County Cost Group 580	20	$1,380	$1,119
County Cost Group 750	19	$1,638	$1,332
County Cost Group 590	12	$1,392	$1,128
County Cost Group 630	12	$1,425	$1,155
County Cost Group 700	12	$1,497	$1,212
County Cost Group 650	11	$1,443	$1,167
County Cost Group 820	11	$2,160	$1,764
County Cost Group 560	5	$1,362	$1,101
County Cost Group 720	5	$1,536	$1,245
County Cost Group 640	4	$1,434	$1,161

Defense Travel Management Office, BAH rates, all locations and all pay grades, 2026 (ASCII files), BAH Rate Lookup. Downloaded 2026-10-08.
DTMO, 2025 and earlier rate files (same page), used for year-over-year change.