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

Press Enter to look it up.

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 $2,277 Without $1,947

E-5 at Dover AFB draws $2,277 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,947 without

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Dover AFB/Rehoboth, DE
E-5 · with dependents
$2,277/ month
$27,324 / year
At E-5, this is #128 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA DE054 · ZIPs 19901 19902 19903 19904 19905 19906 +38 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,919 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,947 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Dover AFB · E-5 · $2,277/mo
Dover AFB $2,277/mo · $27,324/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.

Dover AFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,160 $1,782
E-2 $2,160 $1,782
E-3 $2,160 $1,782
E-4 $2,160 $1,782
E-5 $2,277 $1,947
E-6 $2,493 $2,052
E-7 $2,694 $2,163
E-8 $2,916 $2,325
E-9 $3,063 $2,379
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,511 $2,133
W-2 $2,787 $2,322
W-3 $3,060 $2,391
W-4 $3,066 $2,535
W-5 $3,075 $2,745
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,736 $2,274
O-2E $3,018 $2,367
O-3E $3,069 $2,481
Officer
O-1 $2,310 $2,043
O-2 $2,490 $2,241
O-3 $3,051 $2,409
O-4 $3,078 $2,706
O-5 $3,081 $2,832
O-6 $3,105 $3,039
O-7 $3,123 $3,090

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Dahlonega $2,208
Anniston $1,185

Dover AFB is #128 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 Dover AFB0 – $3,123 / month
E-1 $2,160
E-2 $2,160
E-3 $2,160
E-4 $2,160
E-5 $2,277
E-6 $2,493
E-7 $2,694
E-8 $2,916
E-9 $3,063
W-1 $2,511
W-2 $2,787
W-3 $3,060
W-4 $3,066
W-5 $3,075
O-1E $2,736
O-2E $3,018
O-3E $3,069
O-1 $2,310
O-2 $2,490
O-3 $3,051
O-4 $3,078
O-5 $3,081
O-6 $3,105
O-7 $3,123

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

Moving from Dover AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,850 a month — about 13 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.