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
    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
    WithWithout

    O-5 without dependents at Eglin AFB draws $3,066 per month in 2026

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    Eglin AFB, FL
    O-5 · without dependents
    $3,066/ month
    $36,792 / year
    At O-5, this is #81 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593
    MHA FL056 · ZIPs 32422 32433 32434 32435 32439 32459 +20 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,931 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,612 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Eglin AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,340$2,007
    E-2$2,340$2,007
    E-3$2,340$2,007
    E-4$2,340$2,007
    E-5$2,433$2,157
    E-6$2,526$2,250
    E-7$2,841$2,340
    E-8$3,189$2,457
    E-9$3,447$2,586
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,544$2,322
    W-2$2,985$2,454
    W-3$3,414$2,589
    W-4$3,456$2,604
    W-5$3,516$2,922
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,910$2,430
    O-2E$3,351$2,514
    O-3E$3,468$2,601
    Officer
    O-1$2,451$2,244
    O-2$2,523$2,406
    O-3$3,399$2,592
    O-4$3,528$2,865
    O-5$3,612$3,066
    O-6$3,642$3,393
    O-7$3,669$3,453
    PCS compareEglin AFB · O-5 · $3,066/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,934/mo · $35,208/yr
    ▼ CUT−$132−$1,584/yr · like −$2,031 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month
    Westchester County$6,162
    Beale AFB$3,135
    Denver$3,135
    Cape May$3,129
    Ballston Spa$3,081
    Eglin AFB$3,066
    Tampa$3,057
    Astoria$3,045
    Baltimore$3,045
    Kodiak Island$3,039
    Youngstown$1,593

    Eglin AFB is #81 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Eglin AFB0 – $3,453 / month
    E-1$2,007
    E-2$2,007
    E-3$2,007
    E-4$2,007
    E-5$2,157
    E-6$2,250
    E-7$2,340
    E-8$2,457
    E-9$2,586
    W-1$2,322
    W-2$2,454
    W-3$2,589
    W-4$2,604
    W-5$2,922
    O-1E$2,430
    O-2E$2,514
    O-3E$2,601
    O-1$2,244
    O-2$2,406
    O-3$2,592
    O-4$2,865
    O-5$3,066
    O-6$3,393
    O-7$3,453

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $327 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Eglin AFB to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $3,096 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $327 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $3,066 a month of BAH takes more than $3,066 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.