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 $1,398 Without $1,158

E-5 at Columbus AFB draws $1,398 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,158 without

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Columbus AFB, MS
E-5 · with dependents
$1,398/ month
$16,776 / year
At E-5, this is #308 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MS169 · ZIPs 39701 39702 39703 39704 39705 39710 +8 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,792 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,158 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Columbus AFB · E-5 · $1,398/mo
Columbus AFB $1,398/mo · $16,776/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.

Columbus AFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,302 $1,098
E-2 $1,302 $1,098
E-3 $1,302 $1,098
E-4 $1,302 $1,098
E-5 $1,398 $1,158
E-6 $1,998 $1,500
E-7 $2,067 $1,551
E-8 $2,136 $1,602
E-9 $2,232 $1,701
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,019 $1,515
W-2 $2,094 $1,572
W-3 $2,184 $1,722
W-4 $2,250 $2,010
W-5 $2,337 $2,079
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,076 $1,557
O-2E $2,169 $1,659
O-3E $2,265 $1,992
Officer
O-1 $1,476 $1,203
O-2 $1,992 $1,554
O-3 $2,181 $1,779
O-4 $2,361 $2,061
O-5 $2,493 $2,097
O-6 $2,511 $2,160
O-7 $2,526 $2,196

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
County Cost Group 570 $1,371
Cannon AFB $1,365
Anniston $1,185

Columbus AFB is #308 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 Columbus AFB0 – $2,526 / month
E-1 $1,302
E-2 $1,302
E-3 $1,302
E-4 $1,302
E-5 $1,398
E-6 $1,998
E-7 $2,067
E-8 $2,136
E-9 $2,232
W-1 $2,019
W-2 $2,094
W-3 $2,184
W-4 $2,250
W-5 $2,337
O-1E $2,076
O-2E $2,169
O-3E $2,265
O-1 $1,476
O-2 $1,992
O-3 $2,181
O-4 $2,361
O-5 $2,493
O-6 $2,511
O-7 $2,526

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

Moving from Columbus AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,729 a month — about 6 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.