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 $1,782 Without $1,437

E-5 at Fayetteville draws $1,782 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,437 without

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Fayetteville, AR
E-5 · with dependents
$1,782/ month
$21,384 / year
At E-5, this is #229 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA AR411 · ZIPs 72701 72702 72703 72704 72711 72712 +39 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,285 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,437 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Fayetteville · E-5 · $1,782/mo
Fayetteville $1,782/mo · $21,384/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.

Fayetteville — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,662 $1,263
E-2 $1,662 $1,263
E-3 $1,662 $1,263
E-4 $1,662 $1,263
E-5 $1,782 $1,437
E-6 $2,040 $1,545
E-7 $2,154 $1,662
E-8 $2,280 $1,839
E-9 $2,439 $1,908
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,058 $1,632
W-2 $2,205 $1,836
W-3 $2,361 $1,920
W-4 $2,466 $2,061
W-5 $2,601 $2,181
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,175 $1,779
O-2E $2,337 $1,893
O-3E $2,487 $2,031
Officer
O-1 $1,821 $1,536
O-2 $2,037 $1,746
O-3 $2,355 $1,944
O-4 $2,640 $2,157
O-5 $2,847 $2,223
O-6 $2,868 $2,340
O-7 $2,886 $2,376

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Leavenworth $1,815
Fort Bliss $1,809
Greensboro $1,809
Fort Bragg $1,806
Lansing $1,806
Robins AFB $1,800
Huntsville $1,797
State College $1,791
Corpus Christi $1,788
Lincoln $1,788
Fayetteville $1,782
Coos Bay $1,779
Des Moines $1,770
College Station $1,758
Waco $1,755
County Cost Group 770 $1,752
Wilkes-Barre $1,740
Grand Forks $1,731
Fort Huachuca $1,719
Fort Benning $1,716
Auburn $1,707
Anniston $1,185

Fayetteville is #229 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 Fayetteville0 – $2,886 / month
E-1 $1,662
E-2 $1,662
E-3 $1,662
E-4 $1,662
E-5 $1,782
E-6 $2,040
E-7 $2,154
E-8 $2,280
E-9 $2,439
W-1 $2,058
W-2 $2,205
W-3 $2,361
W-4 $2,466
W-5 $2,601
O-1E $2,175
O-2E $2,337
O-3E $2,487
O-1 $1,821
O-2 $2,037
O-3 $2,355
O-4 $2,640
O-5 $2,847
O-6 $2,868
O-7 $2,886

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

Moving from Fayetteville to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,345 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.