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 $2,469 Without $1,851

E-5 at Dallas draws $2,469 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,851 without

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Dallas, TX
E-5 · with dependents
$2,469/ month
$29,628 / year
At E-5, this is #94 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA TX277 · ZIPs 75001 75002 75006 75007 75009 75010 +220 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,165 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,851 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Dallas · E-5 · $2,469/mo
Dallas $2,469/mo · $29,628/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.

Dallas — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,220 $1,665
E-2 $2,220 $1,665
E-3 $2,220 $1,665
E-4 $2,220 $1,665
E-5 $2,469 $1,851
E-6 $2,808 $2,103
E-7 $2,829 $2,229
E-8 $2,838 $2,541
E-9 $2,901 $2,637
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,826 $2,142
W-2 $2,835 $2,538
W-3 $2,850 $2,649
W-4 $2,919 $2,805
W-5 $3,018 $2,823
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,832 $2,466
O-2E $2,841 $2,613
O-3E $2,934 $2,799
Officer
O-1 $2,517 $1,968
O-2 $2,805 $2,388
O-3 $2,847 $2,682
O-4 $3,045 $2,811
O-5 $3,192 $2,826
O-6 $3,216 $2,829
O-7 $3,237 $2,871

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Outer Banks $2,604
New London $2,580
Ann Arbor $2,559
JB Lewis-McChord $2,556
Stockton $2,553
Minneapolis $2,541
Elizabeth City $2,508
Patrick SFB $2,502
County Cost Group 860 $2,487
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,478
Dallas $2,469
Oxford $2,445
Birmingham $2,439
Fresno $2,439
Fairbanks $2,436
Port Angeles $2,436
St. Louis $2,436
Eglin AFB $2,433
Norfolk $2,430
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,427
Savannah $2,415
Anniston $1,185

Dallas is #94 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 Dallas0 – $3,237 / month
E-1 $2,220
E-2 $2,220
E-3 $2,220
E-4 $2,220
E-5 $2,469
E-6 $2,808
E-7 $2,829
E-8 $2,838
E-9 $2,901
W-1 $2,826
W-2 $2,835
W-3 $2,850
W-4 $2,919
W-5 $3,018
O-1E $2,832
O-2E $2,841
O-3E $2,934
O-1 $2,517
O-2 $2,805
O-3 $2,847
O-4 $3,045
O-5 $3,192
O-6 $3,216
O-7 $3,237

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

Moving from Dallas to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,658 a month — about 8 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.