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 $1,503 Without $1,248

E-5 at Brownsville draws $1,503 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,248 without

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Brownsville, TX
E-5 · with dependents
$1,503/ month
$18,036 / year
At E-5, this is #286 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA TX281 · ZIPs 78501 78502 78503 78504 78505 78516 +46 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,927 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,248 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Brownsville · E-5 · $1,503/mo
Brownsville $1,503/mo · $18,036/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.

Brownsville — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,413 $1,125
E-2 $1,413 $1,125
E-3 $1,413 $1,125
E-4 $1,413 $1,125
E-5 $1,503 $1,248
E-6 $1,860 $1,392
E-7 $1,971 $1,479
E-8 $2,094 $1,578
E-9 $2,259 $1,695
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,878 $1,410
W-2 $2,022 $1,575
W-3 $2,172 $1,698
W-4 $2,292 $1,881
W-5 $2,442 $1,998
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,992 $1,500
O-2E $2,148 $1,656
O-3E $2,316 $1,851
Officer
O-1 $1,551 $1,323
O-2 $1,857 $1,482
O-3 $2,169 $1,728
O-4 $2,490 $1,974
O-5 $2,721 $2,040
O-6 $2,742 $2,151
O-7 $2,757 $2,187

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Champaign $1,539
County Cost Group 720 $1,536
Lexington $1,536
Sault Ste Marie $1,536
Huntington $1,533
Springfield $1,527
Moody AFB $1,524
Seymour Johnson AFB $1,521
Beaumont $1,518
County Cost Group 710 $1,515
Brownsville $1,503
Saginaw $1,503
Sumter $1,503
County Cost Group 700 $1,497
Terre Haute $1,494
Wichita Fls $1,491
County Cost Group 690 $1,482
Fort Leonard Wood $1,479
Lubbock $1,476
County Cost Group 680 $1,470
Laughlin AFB $1,470
Anniston $1,185

Brownsville is #286 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 Brownsville0 – $2,757 / month
E-1 $1,413
E-2 $1,413
E-3 $1,413
E-4 $1,413
E-5 $1,503
E-6 $1,860
E-7 $1,971
E-8 $2,094
E-9 $2,259
W-1 $1,878
W-2 $2,022
W-3 $2,172
W-4 $2,292
W-5 $2,442
O-1E $1,992
O-2E $2,148
O-3E $2,316
O-1 $1,551
O-2 $1,857
O-3 $2,169
O-4 $2,490
O-5 $2,721
O-6 $2,742
O-7 $2,757

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

Moving from Brownsville to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,624 a month — about 10 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.