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

Press Enter to look it up.

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 $2,373 Without $2,001

E-5 at Allentown draws $2,373 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,001 without

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Allentown/Bethlehem, PA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,373/ month
$28,476 / year
At E-5, this is #114 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA PA255 · ZIPs 18001 18002 18003 18005 18011 18013 +67 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,042 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,001 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Allentown · E-5 · $2,373/mo
Allentown $2,373/mo · $28,476/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.

Allentown — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,259 $1,749
E-2 $2,259 $1,749
E-3 $2,259 $1,749
E-4 $2,259 $1,749
E-5 $2,373 $2,001
E-6 $2,841 $2,151
E-7 $2,865 $2,262
E-8 $2,874 $2,472
E-9 $2,955 $2,607
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,862 $2,232
W-2 $2,871 $2,469
W-3 $2,883 $2,625
W-4 $2,991 $2,838
W-5 $3,156 $2,850
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,868 $2,370
O-2E $2,877 $2,577
O-3E $3,015 $2,835
Officer
O-1 $2,436 $2,142
O-2 $2,835 $2,340
O-3 $2,880 $2,670
O-4 $3,207 $2,841
O-5 $3,465 $2,853
O-6 $3,492 $2,856
O-7 $3,516 $2,883

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Savannah $2,415
County Cost Group 850 $2,409
Patuxent River $2,406
Beaufort $2,403
Reno $2,391
Atlanta $2,388
Corvallis $2,388
Hampden County $2,388
Charleston $2,385
Portland $2,379
Allentown $2,373
Charlottesville $2,373
Ocala $2,370
Bremerton $2,364
Detroit $2,361
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Fort Stewart $2,310
Phoenix $2,289
Anniston $1,185

Allentown is #114 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 Allentown0 – $3,516 / month
E-1 $2,259
E-2 $2,259
E-3 $2,259
E-4 $2,259
E-5 $2,373
E-6 $2,841
E-7 $2,865
E-8 $2,874
E-9 $2,955
W-1 $2,862
W-2 $2,871
W-3 $2,883
W-4 $2,991
W-5 $3,156
O-1E $2,868
O-2E $2,877
O-3E $3,015
O-1 $2,436
O-2 $2,835
O-3 $2,880
O-4 $3,207
O-5 $3,465
O-6 $3,492
O-7 $3,516

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

Moving from Allentown to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,754 a month — about 6 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.