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 without dependents at County Cost Group 780 draws $1,476 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 780
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,476/ month
    $17,712 / year
    At E-5, this is #217 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA ZZ780 · ZIPs 03570 03575 03576 03579 03581 03582 +854 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,892 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,815 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 780 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,689$1,341
    E-2$1,689$1,341
    E-3$1,689$1,341
    E-4$1,689$1,341
    E-5$1,815$1,476
    E-6$2,130$1,596
    E-7$2,208$1,692
    E-8$2,292$1,884
    E-9$2,424$1,971
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,148$1,656
    W-2$2,244$1,881
    W-3$2,349$1,983
    W-4$2,451$2,142
    W-5$2,577$2,226
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,220$1,812
    O-2E$2,331$1,950
    O-3E$2,469$2,121
    Officer
    O-1$1,860$1,560
    O-2$2,127$1,776
    O-3$2,346$2,013
    O-4$2,613$2,205
    O-5$2,808$2,250
    O-6$2,829$2,328
    O-7$2,847$2,367
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 780 · E-5 · $1,476/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$510+$6,120/yr · like +$7,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    College Station$1,485
    Bloomington$1,482
    Fort Benning$1,482
    Camp Lejeune$1,476
    County Cost Group 780$1,476
    Rock Island$1,476
    Auburn$1,473
    Mobile$1,473
    Battle Creek$1,470
    Fort Chaffee$996

    County Cost Group 780 is #217 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7800 – $2,367 / month
    E-1$1,341
    E-2$1,341
    E-3$1,341
    E-4$1,341
    E-5$1,476
    E-6$1,596
    E-7$1,692
    E-8$1,884
    E-9$1,971
    W-1$1,656
    W-2$1,881
    W-3$1,983
    W-4$2,142
    W-5$2,226
    O-1E$1,812
    O-2E$1,950
    O-3E$2,121
    O-1$1,560
    O-2$1,776
    O-3$2,013
    O-4$2,205
    O-5$2,250
    O-6$2,328
    O-7$2,367

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $120 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 780 to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,504 a month — about 29 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 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. $1,476 a month of BAH takes more than $1,476 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.