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 $1,758Without $1,485

    E-5 at College Station draws $1,758 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,485 without

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    College Station, TX
    E-5 · with dependents
    $1,758/ month
    $21,096 / year
    At E-5, this is #232 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA TX274 · ZIPs 77801 77802 77803 77805 77806 77807 +10 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,254 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,485 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    College Station — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,662$1,356
    E-2$1,662$1,356
    E-3$1,662$1,356
    E-4$1,662$1,356
    E-5$1,758$1,485
    E-6$2,391$1,794
    E-7$2,499$1,875
    E-8$2,616$1,962
    E-9$2,820$2,115
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,412$1,809
    W-2$2,547$1,911
    W-3$2,688$2,118
    W-4$2,871$2,412
    W-5$3,090$2,526
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,517$1,887
    O-2E$2,667$2,034
    O-3E$2,904$2,385
    Officer
    O-1$1,836$1,563
    O-2$2,385$1,878
    O-3$2,685$2,160
    O-4$3,165$2,499
    O-5$3,513$2,634
    O-6$3,540$2,667
    O-7$3,567$2,712
    PCS compareCollege Station · E-5 · $1,758/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$720+$8,640/yr · like +$11,077 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    Lincoln$1,788
    Fayetteville$1,782
    Coos Bay$1,779
    Des Moines$1,770
    College Station$1,758
    Waco$1,755
    County Cost Group 770$1,752
    Wilkes-Barre$1,740
    Grand Forks$1,731
    Anniston$1,185

    College Station is #232 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 College Station0 – $3,567 / month
    E-1$1,662
    E-2$1,662
    E-3$1,662
    E-4$1,662
    E-5$1,758
    E-6$2,391
    E-7$2,499
    E-8$2,616
    E-9$2,820
    W-1$2,412
    W-2$2,547
    W-3$2,688
    W-4$2,871
    W-5$3,090
    O-1E$2,517
    O-2E$2,667
    O-3E$2,904
    O-1$1,836
    O-2$2,385
    O-3$2,685
    O-4$3,165
    O-5$3,513
    O-6$3,540
    O-7$3,567

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $633 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 College Station to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,369 a month — about 5 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $633 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $1,758 a month of BAH takes more than $1,758 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.