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 $2,208 Without $1,938

E-5 at Dahlonega draws $2,208 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,938 without

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Dahlonega, GA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,208/ month
$26,496 / year
At E-5, this is #138 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA GA079 · ZIPs 30501 30502 30503 30504 30506 30507 +9 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,831 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,938 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Dahlonega · E-5 · $2,208/mo
Dahlonega $2,208/mo · $26,496/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.

Dahlonega — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,130 $1,746
E-2 $2,130 $1,746
E-3 $2,130 $1,746
E-4 $2,130 $1,746
E-5 $2,208 $1,938
E-6 $2,514 $2,052
E-7 $2,535 $2,130
E-8 $2,544 $2,274
E-9 $2,583 $2,358
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,532 $2,115
W-2 $2,541 $2,271
W-3 $2,553 $2,370
W-4 $2,604 $2,508
W-5 $2,706 $2,517
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,538 $2,205
O-2E $2,547 $2,337
O-3E $2,619 $2,505
Officer
O-1 $2,250 $2,049
O-2 $2,511 $2,187
O-3 $2,550 $2,400
O-4 $2,736 $2,511
O-5 $2,892 $2,520
O-6 $2,916 $2,523
O-7 $2,934 $2,544

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Dover AFB $2,277
Hampton $2,274
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Dahlonega $2,208
Brunswick $2,205
Coastal Maine $2,193
Houston $2,193
Eugene $2,187
Knoxville $2,184
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
Anniston $1,185

Dahlonega is #138 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 Dahlonega0 – $2,934 / month
E-1 $2,130
E-2 $2,130
E-3 $2,130
E-4 $2,130
E-5 $2,208
E-6 $2,514
E-7 $2,535
E-8 $2,544
E-9 $2,583
W-1 $2,532
W-2 $2,541
W-3 $2,553
W-4 $2,604
W-5 $2,706
O-1E $2,538
O-2E $2,547
O-3E $2,619
O-1 $2,250
O-2 $2,511
O-3 $2,550
O-4 $2,736
O-5 $2,892
O-6 $2,916
O-7 $2,934

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

Moving from Dahlonega to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,919 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.