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 $2,085 Without $1,941

E-5 at Bridgeport draws $2,085 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,941 without

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Bridgeport, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,085/ month
$25,020 / year
At E-5, this is #162 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA393 · ZIPs 89403 89410 89411 89413 89423 89428 +14 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,673 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,941 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Bridgeport · E-5 · $2,085/mo
Bridgeport $2,085/mo · $25,020/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.

Bridgeport — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,082 $1,683
E-2 $2,082 $1,683
E-3 $2,082 $1,683
E-4 $2,082 $1,683
E-5 $2,085 $1,941
E-6 $2,805 $2,103
E-7 $2,883 $2,163
E-8 $2,964 $2,226
E-9 $3,099 $2,445
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,826 $2,121
W-2 $2,916 $2,223
W-3 $3,021 $2,469
W-4 $3,129 $2,820
W-5 $3,267 $2,901
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,895 $2,172
O-2E $3,003 $2,397
O-3E $3,150 $2,799
Officer
O-1 $2,169 $2,085
O-2 $2,796 $2,166
O-3 $3,018 $2,541
O-4 $3,312 $2,880
O-5 $3,525 $2,922
O-6 $3,552 $2,997
O-7 $3,579 $3,048

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
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
Anniston $1,185

Bridgeport is #162 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 Bridgeport0 – $3,579 / month
E-1 $2,082
E-2 $2,082
E-3 $2,082
E-4 $2,082
E-5 $2,085
E-6 $2,805
E-7 $2,883
E-8 $2,964
E-9 $3,099
W-1 $2,826
W-2 $2,916
W-3 $3,021
W-4 $3,129
W-5 $3,267
O-1E $2,895
O-2E $3,003
O-3E $3,150
O-1 $2,169
O-2 $2,796
O-3 $3,018
O-4 $3,312
O-5 $3,525
O-6 $3,552
O-7 $3,579

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

Moving from Bridgeport to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,042 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.