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 $2,055 Without $1,713

E-5 at Astoria draws $2,055 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,713 without

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Astoria, OR
E-5 · with dependents
$2,055/ month
$24,660 / year
At E-5, this is #172 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA OR241 · ZIPs 97102 97103 97110 97121 97138 97145 +17 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,635 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,713 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Astoria · E-5 · $2,055/mo
Astoria $2,055/mo · $24,660/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.

Astoria — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,914 $1,623
E-2 $1,914 $1,623
E-3 $1,914 $1,623
E-4 $1,914 $1,623
E-5 $2,055 $1,713
E-6 $2,796 $2,097
E-7 $2,949 $2,211
E-8 $3,114 $2,337
E-9 $3,291 $2,469
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,817 $2,112
W-2 $3,015 $2,262
W-3 $3,219 $2,472
W-4 $3,318 $2,829
W-5 $3,444 $2,985
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,979 $2,235
O-2E $3,189 $2,391
O-3E $3,339 $2,790
Officer
O-1 $2,145 $1,773
O-2 $2,787 $2,214
O-3 $3,213 $2,526
O-4 $3,480 $2,955
O-5 $3,672 $3,045
O-6 $3,702 $3,198
O-7 $3,729 $3,252

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Whidbey Island $2,073
Nellis AFB $2,070
Traverse City $2,070
County Cost Group 810 $2,064
Duluth $2,064
Eastern Panhandle $2,058
Provo $2,058
Astoria $2,055
Syracuse $2,049
Gainesville $2,040
Wilmington $2,040
Toledo $2,031
Salem $2,004
Barstow $2,001
Cleveland $1,998
Louisville $1,989
Chattanooga $1,986
El Centro $1,986
Anniston $1,185

Astoria is #172 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 Astoria0 – $3,729 / month
E-1 $1,914
E-2 $1,914
E-3 $1,914
E-4 $1,914
E-5 $2,055
E-6 $2,796
E-7 $2,949
E-8 $3,114
E-9 $3,291
W-1 $2,817
W-2 $3,015
W-3 $3,219
W-4 $3,318
W-5 $3,444
O-1E $2,979
O-2E $3,189
O-3E $3,339
O-1 $2,145
O-2 $2,787
O-3 $3,213
O-4 $3,480
O-5 $3,672
O-6 $3,702
O-7 $3,729

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

Moving from Astoria to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,072 a month — about 4 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.