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 $2,001 Without $1,695

E-5 at Barstow draws $2,001 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,695 without

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Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,001/ month
$24,012 / year
At E-5, this is #178 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA028 · ZIPs 92307 92310 92311 92312 92327 92342 +5 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,565 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,695 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Barstow · E-5 · $2,001/mo
Barstow $2,001/mo · $24,012/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.

Barstow — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,890 $1,557
E-2 $1,890 $1,557
E-3 $1,890 $1,557
E-4 $1,890 $1,557
E-5 $2,001 $1,695
E-6 $2,430 $1,824
E-7 $2,547 $1,911
E-8 $2,673 $2,091
E-9 $2,814 $2,214
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,451 $1,866
W-2 $2,598 $2,088
W-3 $2,751 $2,232
W-4 $2,838 $2,454
W-5 $2,946 $2,574
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,568 $1,998
O-2E $2,730 $2,187
O-3E $2,856 $2,424
Officer
O-1 $2,058 $1,776
O-2 $2,427 $1,968
O-3 $2,748 $2,274
O-4 $2,976 $2,550
O-5 $3,144 $2,616
O-6 $3,168 $2,730
O-7 $3,189 $2,778

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Kansas City $1,986
Rapid City $1,986
Twenty Nine Palms MCB $1,980
County Cost Group 800 $1,962
Battle Creek $1,959
Fort Wayne $1,947
Anniston $1,185

Barstow is #178 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 Barstow0 – $3,189 / month
E-1 $1,890
E-2 $1,890
E-3 $1,890
E-4 $1,890
E-5 $2,001
E-6 $2,430
E-7 $2,547
E-8 $2,673
E-9 $2,814
W-1 $2,451
W-2 $2,598
W-3 $2,751
W-4 $2,838
W-5 $2,946
O-1E $2,568
O-2E $2,730
O-3E $2,856
O-1 $2,058
O-2 $2,427
O-3 $2,748
O-4 $2,976
O-5 $3,144
O-6 $3,168
O-7 $3,189

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

Moving from Barstow to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,126 a month — about 7 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.