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 $3,120 Without $2,427

E-5 at Burlington draws $3,120 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,427 without

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Burlington, VT
E-5 · with dependents
$3,120/ month
$37,440 / year
At E-5, this is #48 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA VT305 · ZIPs 05401 05402 05403 05404 05405 05406 +52 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,000 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,427 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Burlington · E-5 · $3,120/mo
Burlington $3,120/mo · $37,440/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.

Burlington — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,847 $2,166
E-2 $2,847 $2,166
E-3 $2,847 $2,166
E-4 $2,847 $2,166
E-5 $3,120 $2,427
E-6 $3,741 $2,805
E-7 $3,912 $2,934
E-8 $4,092 $3,246
E-9 $4,314 $3,432
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,762 $2,823
W-2 $3,984 $3,243
W-3 $4,209 $3,453
W-4 $4,353 $3,777
W-5 $4,527 $3,951
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,942 $3,117
O-2E $4,176 $3,390
O-3E $4,380 $3,735
Officer
O-1 $3,201 $2,568
O-2 $3,732 $3,033
O-3 $4,203 $3,516
O-4 $4,584 $3,918
O-5 $4,857 $4,020
O-6 $4,896 $4,188
O-7 $4,935 $4,263

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
San Bernardino $3,288
Portland $3,252
Indian Head Navordsta $3,249
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Providence $3,195
Manchester $3,177
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Seattle $3,135
Washington $3,132
Burlington $3,120
Fitchburg $3,093
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Anniston $1,185

Burlington is #48 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 Burlington0 – $4,935 / month
E-1 $2,847
E-2 $2,847
E-3 $2,847
E-4 $2,847
E-5 $3,120
E-6 $3,741
E-7 $3,912
E-8 $4,092
E-9 $4,314
W-1 $3,762
W-2 $3,984
W-3 $4,209
W-4 $4,353
W-5 $4,527
O-1E $3,942
O-2E $4,176
O-3E $4,380
O-1 $3,201
O-2 $3,732
O-3 $4,203
O-4 $4,584
O-5 $4,857
O-6 $4,896
O-7 $4,935

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

Moving from Burlington to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,007 a month — about 3 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.