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

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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
With $2,478 Without $1,986

E-5 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds draws $2,478 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,986 without

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Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
E-5 · with dependents
$2,478/ month
$29,736 / year
At E-5, this is #93 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MD127 · ZIPs 21001 21005 21009 21010 21014 21015 +32 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,177 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,986 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Aberdeen Proving Grounds · E-5 · $2,478/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,268 $1,875
E-2 $2,268 $1,875
E-3 $2,268 $1,875
E-4 $2,268 $1,875
E-5 $2,478 $1,986
E-6 $2,742 $2,076
E-7 $2,862 $2,274
E-8 $2,991 $2,538
E-9 $3,165 $2,607
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,760 $2,205
W-2 $2,916 $2,535
W-3 $3,075 $2,619
W-4 $3,198 $2,766
W-5 $3,348 $2,892
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,883 $2,475
O-2E $3,051 $2,592
O-3E $3,222 $2,733
Officer
O-1 $2,517 $2,055
O-2 $2,739 $2,412
O-3 $3,072 $2,643
O-4 $3,396 $2,865
O-5 $3,630 $2,934
O-6 $3,660 $3,054
O-7 $3,687 $3,108

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Milwaukee $2,607
Outer Banks $2,604
New London $2,580
Ann Arbor $2,559
JB Lewis-McChord $2,556
Stockton $2,553
Minneapolis $2,541
Elizabeth City $2,508
Patrick SFB $2,502
County Cost Group 860 $2,487
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,478
Dallas $2,469
Oxford $2,445
Birmingham $2,439
Fresno $2,439
Fairbanks $2,436
Port Angeles $2,436
St. Louis $2,436
Eglin AFB $2,433
Norfolk $2,430
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,427
Anniston $1,185

Aberdeen Proving Grounds is #93 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Aberdeen Proving Grounds0 – $3,687 / month
E-1 $2,268
E-2 $2,268
E-3 $2,268
E-4 $2,268
E-5 $2,478
E-6 $2,742
E-7 $2,862
E-8 $2,991
E-9 $3,165
W-1 $2,760
W-2 $2,916
W-3 $3,075
W-4 $3,198
W-5 $3,348
O-1E $2,883
O-2E $3,051
O-3E $3,222
O-1 $2,517
O-2 $2,739
O-3 $3,072
O-4 $3,396
O-5 $3,630
O-6 $3,660
O-7 $3,687

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Aberdeen Proving Grounds to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,649 a month — about 10 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.