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 $2,121 Without $1,761

E-5 at Eastern Shore draws $2,121 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,761 without

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Eastern Shore, MD
E-5 · with dependents
$2,121/ month
$25,452 / year
At E-5, this is #155 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MD432 · ZIPs 21801 21802 21803 21804 21810 21811 +91 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,719 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,761 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Eastern Shore · E-5 · $2,121/mo
Eastern Shore $2,121/mo · $25,452/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 Shore — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,989 $1,602
E-2 $1,989 $1,602
E-3 $1,989 $1,602
E-4 $1,989 $1,602
E-5 $2,121 $1,761
E-6 $2,313 $1,866
E-7 $2,346 $1,992
E-8 $2,382 $2,166
E-9 $2,472 $2,214
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,331 $1,956
W-2 $2,358 $2,163
W-3 $2,409 $2,223
W-4 $2,496 $2,313
W-5 $2,610 $2,352
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,349 $2,118
O-2E $2,397 $2,202
O-3E $2,514 $2,304
Officer
O-1 $2,151 $1,854
O-2 $2,310 $2,082
O-3 $2,406 $2,238
O-4 $2,643 $2,337
O-5 $2,820 $2,355
O-6 $2,841 $2,385
O-7 $2,859 $2,424

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Memphis $2,154
Grand Rapids $2,148
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Whidbey Island $2,073
Anniston $1,185

Eastern Shore is #155 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 Shore0 – $2,859 / month
E-1 $1,989
E-2 $1,989
E-3 $1,989
E-4 $1,989
E-5 $2,121
E-6 $2,313
E-7 $2,346
E-8 $2,382
E-9 $2,472
W-1 $2,331
W-2 $2,358
W-3 $2,409
W-4 $2,496
W-5 $2,610
O-1E $2,349
O-2E $2,397
O-3E $2,514
O-1 $2,151
O-2 $2,310
O-3 $2,406
O-4 $2,643
O-5 $2,820
O-6 $2,841
O-7 $2,859

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

Moving from Eastern Shore to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,006 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.