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 $1,290 Without $1,161

E-5 at Alexandria draws $1,290 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,161 without

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Alexandria, LA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,290/ month
$15,480 / year
At E-5, this is #329 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA LA113 · ZIPs 71301 71302 71303 71306 71307 71309 +25 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,654 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,161 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Alexandria · E-5 · $1,290/mo
Alexandria $1,290/mo · $15,480/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.

Alexandria — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,254 $1,089
E-2 $1,254 $1,089
E-3 $1,254 $1,089
E-4 $1,254 $1,089
E-5 $1,290 $1,161
E-6 $1,677 $1,257
E-7 $1,779 $1,335
E-8 $1,884 $1,413
E-9 $2,040 $1,530
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,698 $1,275
W-2 $1,821 $1,368
W-3 $1,953 $1,533
W-4 $2,073 $1,698
W-5 $2,220 $1,800
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,794 $1,347
O-2E $1,935 $1,458
O-3E $2,097 $1,671
Officer
O-1 $1,344 $1,212
O-2 $1,674 $1,338
O-3 $1,950 $1,536
O-4 $2,268 $1,779
O-5 $2,496 $1,872
O-6 $2,514 $1,932
O-7 $2,529 $1,962

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Cannon AFB $1,365
Paducah $1,365
County Cost Group 560 $1,362
Lake Charles $1,356
County Cost Group 550 $1,353
County Cost Group 540 $1,344
County Cost Group 530 $1,338
Stevens Point $1,338
County Cost Group 520 $1,332
County Cost Group 510 $1,329
Fort Riley $1,314
Alexandria $1,290
Meridian $1,290
Fort Chaffee $1,263
Altus AFB $1,254
Fort Sill $1,233
Fort Polk $1,218
Vance AFB $1,200
Monroe $1,194
Youngstown $1,191
Anniston $1,185

Alexandria is #329 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 Alexandria0 – $2,529 / month
E-1 $1,254
E-2 $1,254
E-3 $1,254
E-4 $1,254
E-5 $1,290
E-6 $1,677
E-7 $1,779
E-8 $1,884
E-9 $2,040
W-1 $1,698
W-2 $1,821
W-3 $1,953
W-4 $2,073
W-5 $2,220
O-1E $1,794
O-2E $1,935
O-3E $2,097
O-1 $1,344
O-2 $1,674
O-3 $1,950
O-4 $2,268
O-5 $2,496
O-6 $2,514
O-7 $2,529

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

Moving from Alexandria to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,837 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.