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 $1,581 Without $1,383

E-5 at Akron draws $1,581 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,383 without

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Akron, OH
E-5 · with dependents
$1,581/ month
$18,972 / year
At E-5, this is #266 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA OH227 · ZIPs 44056 44067 44087 44201 44202 44203 +118 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,027 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,383 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Akron · E-5 · $1,581/mo
Akron $1,581/mo · $18,972/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.

Akron — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,536 $1,197
E-2 $1,536 $1,197
E-3 $1,536 $1,197
E-4 $1,536 $1,197
E-5 $1,581 $1,383
E-6 $1,926 $1,494
E-7 $1,950 $1,539
E-8 $1,962 $1,653
E-9 $2,094 $1,752
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,947 $1,536
W-2 $1,956 $1,650
W-3 $1,980 $1,764
W-4 $2,136 $1,923
W-5 $2,337 $1,947
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,953 $1,578
O-2E $1,971 $1,728
O-3E $2,169 $1,920
Officer
O-1 $1,629 $1,491
O-2 $1,923 $1,569
O-3 $1,977 $1,797
O-4 $2,403 $1,935
O-5 $2,715 $2,037
O-6 $2,736 $2,052
O-7 $2,751 $2,064

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Whiteman AFB $1,611
Malmstrom SFB $1,608
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Gulfport $1,602
Bismarck $1,596
Fallon NAS $1,596
County Cost Group 740 $1,590
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Peoria $1,572
China Lake $1,563
County Cost Group 730 $1,557
Sioux Falls $1,554
Johnson City $1,548
Minot AFB $1,548
Scott AFB $1,542
Champaign $1,539
Anniston $1,185

Akron is #266 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 Akron0 – $2,751 / month
E-1 $1,536
E-2 $1,536
E-3 $1,536
E-4 $1,536
E-5 $1,581
E-6 $1,926
E-7 $1,950
E-8 $1,962
E-9 $2,094
W-1 $1,947
W-2 $1,956
W-3 $1,980
W-4 $2,136
W-5 $2,337
O-1E $1,953
O-2E $1,971
O-3E $2,169
O-1 $1,629
O-2 $1,923
O-3 $1,977
O-4 $2,403
O-5 $2,715
O-6 $2,736
O-7 $2,751

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

Moving from Akron to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,546 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.