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

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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 $1,875 Without $1,587

E-5 at Columbus draws $1,875 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,587 without

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Columbus, OH
E-5 · with dependents
$1,875/ month
$22,500 / year
At E-5, this is #204 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA OH230 · ZIPs 43001 43002 43004 43008 43013 43016 +92 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,404 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,587 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Columbus · E-5 · $1,875/mo
Columbus $1,875/mo · $22,500/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 — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,782 $1,422
E-2 $1,782 $1,422
E-3 $1,782 $1,422
E-4 $1,782 $1,422
E-5 $1,875 $1,587
E-6 $2,238 $1,692
E-7 $2,364 $1,782
E-8 $2,496 $1,953
E-9 $2,640 $2,055
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,259 $1,761
W-2 $2,418 $1,950
W-3 $2,583 $2,070
W-4 $2,664 $2,262
W-5 $2,766 $2,391
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,385 $1,872
O-2E $2,556 $2,031
O-3E $2,679 $2,232
Officer
O-1 $1,926 $1,686
O-2 $2,235 $1,848
O-3 $2,577 $2,103
O-4 $2,793 $2,364
O-5 $2,949 $2,439
O-6 $2,973 $2,562
O-7 $2,991 $2,604

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Bloomington $1,905
Davis-Monthan AFB $1,905
New Orleans $1,905
Bangor $1,893
County Cost Group 790 $1,890
Fort Gordon $1,890
Helena $1,887
Mobile $1,887
Columbia $1,878
Baton Rouge $1,875
Columbus $1,875
Indianapolis $1,875
Lexington $1,875
Abilene $1,872
San Antonio (JBSA) $1,869
Pensacola $1,863
Morehead $1,851
Little Rock $1,848
Shreveport $1,845
Humboldt County $1,827
Tallahassee $1,824
Anniston $1,185

Columbus is #204 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 Columbus0 – $2,991 / month
E-1 $1,782
E-2 $1,782
E-3 $1,782
E-4 $1,782
E-5 $1,875
E-6 $2,238
E-7 $2,364
E-8 $2,496
E-9 $2,640
W-1 $2,259
W-2 $2,418
W-3 $2,583
W-4 $2,664
W-5 $2,766
O-1E $2,385
O-2E $2,556
O-3E $2,679
O-1 $1,926
O-2 $2,235
O-3 $2,577
O-4 $2,793
O-5 $2,949
O-6 $2,973
O-7 $2,991

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

Moving from Columbus to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,252 a month — about 9 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.