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.

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Dependents
With $1,890 Without $1,542

E-5 at County Cost Group 790 draws $1,890 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,542 without

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County Cost Group 790
E-5 · with dependents
$1,890/ month
$22,680 / year
At E-5, this is #199 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ZZ790 · ZIPs 04225 04227 04234 04239 04262 04285 +785 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,423 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,542 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
COUNTY COST GROUP

This is not one installation. DTMO groups counties without a dedicated base into a "County Cost Group". The rate applies to any member whose duty location falls in one of the ZIP codes listed above.

PCS compare County Cost Group 790 · E-5 · $1,890/mo
County Cost Group 790 $1,890/mo · $22,680/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.

County Cost Group 790 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Boise $1,926
Greenville $1,923
Yakima $1,923
Jackson $1,920
Roanoke $1,911
Rock Island $1,908
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
Anniston $1,185

County Cost Group 790 is #199 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 7900 – $2,949 / month
E-1 $1,761
E-2 $1,761
E-3 $1,761
E-4 $1,761
E-5 $1,890
E-6 $2,208
E-7 $2,289
E-8 $2,376
E-9 $2,511
W-1 $2,229
W-2 $2,325
W-3 $2,436
W-4 $2,538
W-5 $2,667
O-1E $2,304
O-2E $2,418
O-3E $2,559
O-1 $1,938
O-2 $2,205
O-3 $2,433
O-4 $2,706
O-5 $2,907
O-6 $2,928
O-7 $2,949

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

Moving from County Cost Group 790 to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,237 a month — about 10 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.