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
    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 $3,120Without $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 loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA VT305 · ZIPs 05401 05402 05403 05404 05405 05406 +52 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    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
    Burlington — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareBurlington · E-5 · $3,120/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▼ CUT−$642−$7,704/yr · like −$9,877 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    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
    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

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $621 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Burlington to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,007 a month — about 3 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $621 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $3,120 a month of BAH takes more than $3,120 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.