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 $2,388 Without $1,995

E-5 at Atlanta draws $2,388 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,995 without

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Atlanta, GA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,388/ month
$28,656 / year
At E-5, this is #109 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA GA071 · ZIPs 30002 30003 30004 30005 30006 30007 +203 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,062 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,995 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Atlanta · E-5 · $2,388/mo
Atlanta $2,388/mo · $28,656/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.

Atlanta — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,259 $1,752
E-2 $2,259 $1,752
E-3 $2,259 $1,752
E-4 $2,259 $1,752
E-5 $2,388 $1,995
E-6 $2,709 $2,139
E-7 $2,730 $2,262
E-8 $2,739 $2,457
E-9 $2,757 $2,544
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,727 $2,226
W-2 $2,736 $2,454
W-3 $2,748 $2,559
W-4 $2,772 $2,703
W-5 $2,841 $2,712
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,733 $2,385
O-2E $2,742 $2,526
O-3E $2,784 $2,700
Officer
O-1 $2,433 $2,130
O-2 $2,706 $2,349
O-3 $2,745 $2,589
O-4 $2,859 $2,706
O-5 $2,964 $2,715
O-6 $2,985 $2,718
O-7 $3,006 $2,742

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Port Angeles $2,436
St. Louis $2,436
Eglin AFB $2,433
Norfolk $2,430
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,427
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
Anniston $1,185

Atlanta is #109 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 Atlanta0 – $3,006 / month
E-1 $2,259
E-2 $2,259
E-3 $2,259
E-4 $2,259
E-5 $2,388
E-6 $2,709
E-7 $2,730
E-8 $2,739
E-9 $2,757
W-1 $2,727
W-2 $2,736
W-3 $2,748
W-4 $2,772
W-5 $2,841
O-1E $2,733
O-2E $2,742
O-3E $2,784
O-1 $2,433
O-2 $2,706
O-3 $2,745
O-4 $2,859
O-5 $2,964
O-6 $2,985
O-7 $3,006

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

Moving from Atlanta to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,739 a month — about 9 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.