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 $1,464 Without $1,329

E-5 at Erie draws $1,464 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,329 without

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Erie, PA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,464/ month
$17,568 / year
At E-5, this is #297 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA PA253 · ZIPs 16401 16407 16410 16411 16412 16413 +40 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,877 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,329 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Erie · E-5 · $1,464/mo
Erie $1,464/mo · $17,568/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.

Erie — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,452 $1,143
E-2 $1,452 $1,143
E-3 $1,452 $1,143
E-4 $1,452 $1,143
E-5 $1,464 $1,329
E-6 $1,680 $1,437
E-7 $1,746 $1,467
E-8 $1,824 $1,515
E-9 $1,929 $1,569
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,695 $1,464
W-2 $1,779 $1,512
W-3 $1,875 $1,578
W-4 $1,950 $1,689
W-5 $2,049 $1,764
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,758 $1,473
O-2E $1,857 $1,554
O-3E $1,965 $1,668
Officer
O-1 $1,500 $1,434
O-2 $1,677 $1,470
O-3 $1,872 $1,596
O-4 $2,076 $1,743
O-5 $2,226 $1,782
O-6 $2,241 $1,851
O-7 $2,253 $1,881

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Saginaw $1,503
Sumter $1,503
County Cost Group 700 $1,497
Terre Haute $1,494
Wichita Fls $1,491
County Cost Group 690 $1,482
Fort Leonard Wood $1,479
Lubbock $1,476
County Cost Group 680 $1,470
Laughlin AFB $1,470
Erie $1,464
County Cost Group 670 $1,461
County Cost Group 660 $1,449
County Cost Group 650 $1,443
County Cost Group 640 $1,434
County Cost Group 630 $1,425
County Cost Group 620 $1,419
County Cost Group 610 $1,410
Frankfort $1,410
Charleston $1,404
County Cost Group 600 $1,404
Anniston $1,185

Erie is #297 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 Erie0 – $2,253 / month
E-1 $1,452
E-2 $1,452
E-3 $1,452
E-4 $1,452
E-5 $1,464
E-6 $1,680
E-7 $1,746
E-8 $1,824
E-9 $1,929
W-1 $1,695
W-2 $1,779
W-3 $1,875
W-4 $1,950
W-5 $2,049
O-1E $1,758
O-2E $1,857
O-3E $1,965
O-1 $1,500
O-2 $1,677
O-3 $1,872
O-4 $2,076
O-5 $2,226
O-6 $2,241
O-7 $2,253

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

Moving from Erie to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,663 a month — about 17 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.