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 $2,403 Without $2,103

E-5 at Beaufort draws $2,403 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,103 without

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Beaufort/Parris Island, SC
E-5 · with dependents
$2,403/ month
$28,836 / year
At E-5, this is #107 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA SC258 · ZIPs 29901 29902 29903 29904 29905 29906 +19 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,081 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,103 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Beaufort · E-5 · $2,403/mo
Beaufort $2,403/mo · $28,836/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.

Beaufort — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,319 $1,875
E-2 $2,319 $1,875
E-3 $2,319 $1,875
E-4 $2,319 $1,875
E-5 $2,403 $2,103
E-6 $2,811 $2,235
E-7 $2,835 $2,319
E-8 $2,844 $2,490
E-9 $2,949 $2,607
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,832 $2,304
W-2 $2,841 $2,487
W-3 $2,859 $2,622
W-4 $2,982 $2,808
W-5 $3,141 $2,829
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,838 $2,400
O-2E $2,850 $2,580
O-3E $3,009 $2,805
Officer
O-1 $2,457 $2,232
O-2 $2,808 $2,379
O-3 $2,856 $2,661
O-4 $3,192 $2,817
O-5 $3,438 $2,832
O-6 $3,465 $2,835
O-7 $3,489 $2,883

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fresno $2,439
Fairbanks $2,436
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
Anniston $1,185

Beaufort is #107 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 Beaufort0 – $3,489 / month
E-1 $2,319
E-2 $2,319
E-3 $2,319
E-4 $2,319
E-5 $2,403
E-6 $2,811
E-7 $2,835
E-8 $2,844
E-9 $2,949
W-1 $2,832
W-2 $2,841
W-3 $2,859
W-4 $2,982
W-5 $3,141
O-1E $2,838
O-2E $2,850
O-3E $3,009
O-1 $2,457
O-2 $2,808
O-3 $2,856
O-4 $3,192
O-5 $3,438
O-6 $3,465
O-7 $3,489

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

Moving from Beaufort to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,724 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.