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
    WithWithout

    E-5 with dependents at County Cost Group 720 draws $1,536 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 720
    E-5 · with dependents
    $1,536/ month
    $18,432 / year
    At E-5, this is #277 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA ZZ720 · ZIPs 16910 16914 16925 16926 16945 16947 +340 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,969 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,245 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 720 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,425$1,143
    E-2$1,425$1,143
    E-3$1,425$1,143
    E-4$1,425$1,143
    E-5$1,536$1,245
    E-6$1,839$1,377
    E-7$1,911$1,434
    E-8$1,989$1,602
    E-9$2,106$1,686
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,857$1,398
    W-2$1,944$1,599
    W-3$2,043$1,698
    W-4$2,130$1,851
    W-5$2,244$1,929
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,923$1,533
    O-2E$2,025$1,665
    O-3E$2,148$1,830
    Officer
    O-1$1,578$1,311
    O-2$1,836$1,503
    O-3$2,040$1,725
    O-4$2,277$1,908
    O-5$2,451$1,947
    O-6$2,466$2,019
    O-7$2,481$2,052
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 720 · E-5 · $1,536/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$942+$11,304/yr · like +$14,492 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    Johnson City$1,548
    Minot AFB$1,548
    Scott AFB$1,542
    Champaign$1,539
    County Cost Group 720$1,536
    Lexington$1,536
    Sault Ste Marie$1,536
    Huntington$1,533
    Springfield$1,527
    Anniston$1,185

    County Cost Group 720 is #277 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 County Cost Group 7200 – $2,481 / month
    E-1$1,425
    E-2$1,425
    E-3$1,425
    E-4$1,425
    E-5$1,536
    E-6$1,839
    E-7$1,911
    E-8$1,989
    E-9$2,106
    W-1$1,857
    W-2$1,944
    W-3$2,043
    W-4$2,130
    W-5$2,244
    O-1E$1,923
    O-2E$2,025
    O-3E$2,148
    O-1$1,578
    O-2$1,836
    O-3$2,040
    O-4$2,277
    O-5$2,451
    O-6$2,466
    O-7$2,481

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $303 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 County Cost Group 720 to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,591 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $303 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,536 a month of BAH takes more than $1,536 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.