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 $1,893 Without $1,443

E-5 at Bangor draws $1,893 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,443 without

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Bangor, ME
E-5 · with dependents
$1,893/ month
$22,716 / year
At E-5, this is #198 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ME390 · ZIPs 04401 04402 04410 04411 04412 04417 +40 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,427 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,443 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Bangor · E-5 · $1,893/mo
Bangor $1,893/mo · $22,716/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.

Bangor — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,728 $1,296
E-2 $1,728 $1,296
E-3 $1,728 $1,296
E-4 $1,728 $1,296
E-5 $1,893 $1,443
E-6 $2,052 $1,575
E-7 $2,217 $1,731
E-8 $2,403 $1,932
E-9 $2,568 $1,968
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,067 $1,680
W-2 $2,292 $1,929
W-3 $2,523 $1,974
W-4 $2,586 $2,082
W-5 $2,667 $2,259
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,250 $1,890
O-2E $2,487 $1,959
O-3E $2,598 $2,040
Officer
O-1 $1,920 $1,557
O-2 $2,049 $1,842
O-3 $2,514 $1,989
O-4 $2,688 $2,226
O-5 $2,814 $2,328
O-6 $2,835 $2,502
O-7 $2,853 $2,544

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Wayne $1,947
Boise $1,926
Greenville $1,923
Yakima $1,923
Jackson $1,920
Roanoke $1,911
Rock Island $1,908
Bloomington $1,905
Davis-Monthan AFB $1,905
New Orleans $1,905
Bangor $1,893
County Cost Group 790 $1,890
Fort Gordon $1,890
Helena $1,887
Mobile $1,887
Columbia $1,878
Baton Rouge $1,875
Columbus $1,875
Indianapolis $1,875
Lexington $1,875
Abilene $1,872
Anniston $1,185

Bangor is #198 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 Bangor0 – $2,853 / month
E-1 $1,728
E-2 $1,728
E-3 $1,728
E-4 $1,728
E-5 $1,893
E-6 $2,052
E-7 $2,217
E-8 $2,403
E-9 $2,568
W-1 $2,067
W-2 $2,292
W-3 $2,523
W-4 $2,586
W-5 $2,667
O-1E $2,250
O-2E $2,487
O-3E $2,598
O-1 $1,920
O-2 $2,049
O-3 $2,514
O-4 $2,688
O-5 $2,814
O-6 $2,835
O-7 $2,853

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

Moving from Bangor to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,234 a month — about 20 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.