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 $2,058 Without $1,677

E-5 at Eastern Panhandle draws $2,058 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,677 without

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Eastern Panhandle, WV
E-5 · with dependents
$2,058/ month
$24,696 / year
At E-5, this is #170 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA WV454 · ZIPs 25401 25402 25403 25404 25405 25410 +17 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,638 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,677 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Eastern Panhandle · E-5 · $2,058/mo
Eastern Panhandle $2,058/mo · $24,696/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.

Eastern Panhandle — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,899 $1,587
E-2 $1,899 $1,587
E-3 $1,899 $1,587
E-4 $1,899 $1,587
E-5 $2,058 $1,677
E-6 $2,253 $1,752
E-7 $2,334 $1,902
E-8 $2,421 $2,103
E-9 $2,568 $2,151
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,271 $1,854
W-2 $2,370 $2,100
W-3 $2,481 $2,160
W-4 $2,598 $2,265
W-5 $2,748 $2,352
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,346 $2,055
O-2E $2,463 $2,139
O-3E $2,622 $2,244
Officer
O-1 $2,091 $1,737
O-2 $2,250 $2,010
O-3 $2,478 $2,178
O-4 $2,796 $2,331
O-5 $3,027 $2,376
O-6 $3,051 $2,457
O-7 $3,072 $2,499

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Whidbey Island $2,073
Nellis AFB $2,070
Traverse City $2,070
County Cost Group 810 $2,064
Duluth $2,064
Eastern Panhandle $2,058
Provo $2,058
Astoria $2,055
Syracuse $2,049
Gainesville $2,040
Wilmington $2,040
Toledo $2,031
Salem $2,004
Barstow $2,001
Cleveland $1,998
Louisville $1,989
Anniston $1,185

Eastern Panhandle is #170 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 Eastern Panhandle0 – $3,072 / month
E-1 $1,899
E-2 $1,899
E-3 $1,899
E-4 $1,899
E-5 $2,058
E-6 $2,253
E-7 $2,334
E-8 $2,421
E-9 $2,568
W-1 $2,271
W-2 $2,370
W-3 $2,481
W-4 $2,598
W-5 $2,748
O-1E $2,346
O-2E $2,463
O-3E $2,622
O-1 $2,091
O-2 $2,250
O-3 $2,478
O-4 $2,796
O-5 $3,027
O-6 $3,051
O-7 $3,072

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

Moving from Eastern Panhandle to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,069 a month — about 16 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.