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

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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 $2,205 Without $1,893

E-5 at Brunswick draws $2,205 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,893 without

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Brunswick, ME
E-5 · with dependents
$2,205/ month
$26,460 / year
At E-5, this is #139 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ME136 · ZIPs 04003 04008 04011 04032 04066 04069 +69 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,827 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,893 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Brunswick · E-5 · $2,205/mo
Brunswick $2,205/mo · $26,460/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.

Brunswick — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,124 $1,632
E-2 $2,124 $1,632
E-3 $2,124 $1,632
E-4 $2,124 $1,632
E-5 $2,205 $1,893
E-6 $2,556 $2,040
E-7 $2,997 $2,247
E-8 $3,477 $2,607
E-9 $3,801 $2,850
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,583 $2,109
W-2 $3,192 $2,394
W-3 $3,783 $2,853
W-4 $3,807 $2,862
W-5 $3,843 $3,105
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,090 $2,319
O-2E $3,696 $2,772
O-3E $3,813 $2,859
Officer
O-1 $2,253 $2,037
O-2 $2,553 $2,250
O-3 $3,762 $2,856
O-4 $3,846 $3,036
O-5 $3,894 $3,312
O-6 $3,927 $3,762
O-7 $3,957 $3,828

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Hampton $2,274
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Dahlonega $2,208
Brunswick $2,205
Coastal Maine $2,193
Houston $2,193
Eugene $2,187
Knoxville $2,184
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Anniston $1,185

Brunswick is #139 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 Brunswick0 – $3,957 / month
E-1 $2,124
E-2 $2,124
E-3 $2,124
E-4 $2,124
E-5 $2,205
E-6 $2,556
E-7 $2,997
E-8 $3,477
E-9 $3,801
W-1 $2,583
W-2 $3,192
W-3 $3,783
W-4 $3,807
W-5 $3,843
O-1E $3,090
O-2E $3,696
O-3E $3,813
O-1 $2,253
O-2 $2,553
O-3 $3,762
O-4 $3,846
O-5 $3,894
O-6 $3,927
O-7 $3,957

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

Moving from Brunswick to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,922 a month — about 8 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.