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 $2,313 Without $2,196

E-5 at Dahlgren draws $2,313 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,196 without

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Dahlgren/Fort A.P. Hill
E-5 · with dependents
$2,313/ month
$27,756 / year
At E-5, this is #122 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA VA368 · ZIPs 22401 22402 22404 22407 22408 22427 +20 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,965 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,196 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Dahlgren · E-5 · $2,313/mo
Dahlgren $2,313/mo · $27,756/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.

Dahlgren — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,307 $2,013
E-2 $2,307 $2,013
E-3 $2,307 $2,013
E-4 $2,307 $2,013
E-5 $2,313 $2,196
E-6 $2,715 $2,304
E-7 $2,763 $2,325
E-8 $2,811 $2,397
E-9 $2,955 $2,514
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,733 $2,322
W-2 $2,781 $2,394
W-3 $2,847 $2,529
W-4 $2,997 $2,721
W-5 $3,183 $2,772
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,766 $2,331
O-2E $2,835 $2,487
O-3E $3,027 $2,706
Officer
O-1 $2,367 $2,301
O-2 $2,712 $2,328
O-3 $2,844 $2,568
O-4 $3,243 $2,757
O-5 $3,534 $2,781
O-6 $3,564 $2,823
O-7 $3,588 $2,871

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Charleston $2,385
Portland $2,379
Allentown $2,373
Charlottesville $2,373
Ocala $2,370
Bremerton $2,364
Detroit $2,361
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Fort Stewart $2,310
Phoenix $2,289
Volusia County $2,286
Cincinnati $2,283
Pittsburgh $2,283
Dover AFB $2,277
Hampton $2,274
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Anniston $1,185

Dahlgren is #122 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 Dahlgren0 – $3,588 / month
E-1 $2,307
E-2 $2,307
E-3 $2,307
E-4 $2,307
E-5 $2,313
E-6 $2,715
E-7 $2,763
E-8 $2,811
E-9 $2,955
W-1 $2,733
W-2 $2,781
W-3 $2,847
W-4 $2,997
W-5 $3,183
O-1E $2,766
O-2E $2,835
O-3E $3,027
O-1 $2,367
O-2 $2,712
O-3 $2,844
O-4 $3,243
O-5 $3,534
O-6 $3,564
O-7 $3,588

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

Moving from Dahlgren to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,814 a month — about 7 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.