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 $1,404 Without $1,149

E-5 at Charleston draws $1,404 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,149 without

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Charleston, WV
E-5 · with dependents
$1,404/ month
$16,848 / year
At E-5, this is #306 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA WV323 · ZIPs 25003 25011 25015 25025 25026 25033 +85 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,800 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,149 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Charleston · E-5 · $1,404/mo
Charleston $1,404/mo · $16,848/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 $1,308 $1,056
E-2 $1,308 $1,056
E-3 $1,308 $1,056
E-4 $1,308 $1,056
E-5 $1,404 $1,149
E-6 $1,764 $1,323
E-7 $1,800 $1,350
E-8 $1,833 $1,479
E-9 $1,956 $1,581
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,785 $1,338
W-2 $1,812 $1,476
W-3 $1,863 $1,596
W-4 $1,992 $1,767
W-5 $2,157 $1,806
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,803 $1,401
O-2E $1,851 $1,560
O-3E $2,016 $1,758
Officer
O-1 $1,452 $1,209
O-2 $1,761 $1,377
O-3 $1,860 $1,632
O-4 $2,208 $1,791
O-5 $2,463 $1,848
O-6 $2,481 $1,860
O-7 $2,496 $1,872

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Laughlin AFB $1,470
Erie $1,464
County Cost Group 670 $1,461
County Cost Group 660 $1,449
County Cost Group 650 $1,443
County Cost Group 640 $1,434
County Cost Group 630 $1,425
County Cost Group 620 $1,419
County Cost Group 610 $1,410
Frankfort $1,410
Charleston $1,404
County Cost Group 600 $1,404
Columbus AFB $1,398
Hattiesburg $1,395
Sparta $1,395
County Cost Group 590 $1,392
Springfield $1,389
County Cost Group 580 $1,380
Columbia $1,377
Wichita $1,377
Albany $1,371
Anniston $1,185

Charleston is #306 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 – $2,496 / month
E-1 $1,308
E-2 $1,308
E-3 $1,308
E-4 $1,308
E-5 $1,404
E-6 $1,764
E-7 $1,800
E-8 $1,833
E-9 $1,956
W-1 $1,785
W-2 $1,812
W-3 $1,863
W-4 $1,992
W-5 $2,157
O-1E $1,803
O-2E $1,851
O-3E $2,016
O-1 $1,452
O-2 $1,761
O-3 $1,860
O-4 $2,208
O-5 $2,463
O-6 $2,481
O-7 $2,496

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

Moving from Charleston to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,723 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.