BAH 2026Military housing area MI153
Lansing, MI BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Lansing, MI military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 46 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,806a monthtied for 222nd highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,356a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,127a monthtied for 259th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 46in this DoD area
Lansing, MI pays $1,806 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 222nd highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for MI153. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,611 | $1,224 |
| E‑2 | $1,611 | $1,224 |
| E‑3 | $1,611 | $1,224 |
| E‑4 | $1,611 | $1,224 |
| E‑5 | $1,806 | $1,356 |
| E‑6 | $1,983 | $1,485 |
| E‑7 | $2,034 | $1,617 |
| E‑8 | $2,091 | $1,848 |
| E‑9 | $2,238 | $1,890 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,001 | $1,551 |
| W‑2 | $2,058 | $1,845 |
| W‑3 | $2,130 | $1,899 |
| W‑4 | $2,280 | $1,986 |
| W‑5 | $2,466 | $2,046 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,040 | $1,803 |
| O‑2E | $2,118 | $1,881 |
| O‑3E | $2,310 | $1,974 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,836 | $1,410 |
| O‑2 | $1,980 | $1,743 |
| O‑3 | $2,127 | $1,914 |
| O‑4 | $2,529 | $2,028 |
| O‑5 | $2,820 | $2,115 |
| O‑6 | $2,841 | $2,130 |
| O‑7 | $2,859 | $2,145 |
| O‑8† | $2,859 | $2,145 |
| O‑9† | $2,859 | $2,145 |
| O‑10† | $2,859 | $2,145 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 46 ZIP codes in Lansing, MI (MI153). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 48805, one ZIP in this area.
Show all 46 ZIP codesAll 46 ZIP codes
- 488xx
- 48805 48813 48819 48821 48823 48824 48825 48826 48827 48837 48840 48842 48854 48861 48864 48876 48890 48892 48895
- 489xx
- 48901 48908 48909 48910 48911 48912 48913 48915 48916 48917 48918 48919 48922 48924 48929 48930 48933 48937 48951 48956 48980
- 490xx
- 49021 49076 49096
- 492xx
- 49251 49264 49285
Other areas in Michigan
Areas whose DoD code starts with MI, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.