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 $2,076 Without $1,617

E-5 at Carlisle Barracks draws $2,076 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,617 without

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Carlisle Barracks, PA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,076/ month
$24,912 / year
At E-5, this is #164 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA PA247 · ZIPs 17001 17003 17005 17006 17007 17010 +257 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,662 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,617 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Carlisle Barracks · E-5 · $2,076/mo
Carlisle Barracks $2,076/mo · $24,912/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.

Carlisle Barracks — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,902 $1,431
E-2 $1,902 $1,431
E-3 $1,902 $1,431
E-4 $1,902 $1,431
E-5 $2,076 $1,617
E-6 $2,376 $1,779
E-7 $2,442 $1,908
E-8 $2,514 $2,142
E-9 $2,643 $2,223
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,394 $1,854
W-2 $2,469 $2,139
W-3 $2,562 $2,235
W-4 $2,673 $2,385
W-5 $2,811 $2,457
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,451 $2,073
O-2E $2,547 $2,205
O-3E $2,694 $2,367
Officer
O-1 $2,121 $1,725
O-2 $2,373 $2,022
O-3 $2,559 $2,265
O-4 $2,853 $2,439
O-5 $3,069 $2,475
O-6 $3,093 $2,538
O-7 $3,114 $2,580

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Syracuse $2,049
Gainesville $2,040
Anniston $1,185

Carlisle Barracks is #164 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 Carlisle Barracks0 – $3,114 / month
E-1 $1,902
E-2 $1,902
E-3 $1,902
E-4 $1,902
E-5 $2,076
E-6 $2,376
E-7 $2,442
E-8 $2,514
E-9 $2,643
W-1 $2,394
W-2 $2,469
W-3 $2,562
W-4 $2,673
W-5 $2,811
O-1E $2,451
O-2E $2,547
O-3E $2,694
O-1 $2,121
O-2 $2,373
O-3 $2,559
O-4 $2,853
O-5 $3,069
O-6 $3,093
O-7 $3,114

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

Moving from Carlisle Barracks to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,051 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.