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 $2,385 Without $1,941

E-5 at Charleston draws $2,385 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,941 without

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Charleston, SC
E-5 · with dependents
$2,385/ month
$28,620 / year
At E-5, this is #112 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA SC259 · ZIPs 29401 29402 29403 29404 29405 29406 +53 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,058 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,941 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Charleston · E-5 · $2,385/mo
Charleston $2,385/mo · $28,620/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.

Charleston — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,220 $1,755
E-2 $2,220 $1,755
E-3 $2,220 $1,755
E-4 $2,220 $1,755
E-5 $2,385 $1,941
E-6 $2,616 $2,064
E-7 $2,652 $2,223
E-8 $2,694 $2,439
E-9 $2,769 $2,496
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,634 $2,172
W-2 $2,667 $2,436
W-3 $2,724 $2,508
W-4 $2,790 $2,619
W-5 $2,880 $2,661
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,655 $2,382
O-2E $2,712 $2,484
O-3E $2,802 $2,607
Officer
O-1 $2,421 $2,049
O-2 $2,613 $2,334
O-3 $2,721 $2,529
O-4 $2,904 $2,646
O-5 $3,039 $2,664
O-6 $3,060 $2,697
O-7 $3,081 $2,742

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Norfolk $2,430
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,427
Savannah $2,415
County Cost Group 850 $2,409
Patuxent River $2,406
Beaufort $2,403
Reno $2,391
Atlanta $2,388
Corvallis $2,388
Hampden County $2,388
Charleston $2,385
Portland $2,379
Allentown $2,373
Charlottesville $2,373
Ocala $2,370
Bremerton $2,364
Detroit $2,361
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Anniston $1,185

Charleston is #112 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 Charleston0 – $3,081 / month
E-1 $2,220
E-2 $2,220
E-3 $2,220
E-4 $2,220
E-5 $2,385
E-6 $2,616
E-7 $2,652
E-8 $2,694
E-9 $2,769
W-1 $2,634
W-2 $2,667
W-3 $2,724
W-4 $2,790
W-5 $2,880
O-1E $2,655
O-2E $2,712
O-3E $2,802
O-1 $2,421
O-2 $2,613
O-3 $2,721
O-4 $2,904
O-5 $3,039
O-6 $3,060
O-7 $3,081

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

Moving from Charleston to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,742 a month — about 12 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.