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 $1,806 Without $1,527

E-5 at Fort Bragg draws $1,806 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,527 without

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Fort Bragg/Pope, NC
E-5 · with dependents
$1,806/ month
$21,672 / year
At E-5, this is #222 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA NC182 · ZIPs 27237 27242 27259 27281 27325 27330 +64 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,315 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,527 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
MHA

Renamed back from Fort Liberty on 07 MAR 2025. Orders cut in 2023–24 may still say Liberty.

PCS compare Fort Bragg · E-5 · $1,806/mo
Fort Bragg $1,806/mo · $21,672/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.

Fort Bragg — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,722 $1,341
E-2 $1,722 $1,341
E-3 $1,722 $1,341
E-4 $1,722 $1,341
E-5 $1,806 $1,527
E-6 $2,049 $1,638
E-7 $2,094 $1,722
E-8 $2,142 $1,860
E-9 $2,244 $1,923
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,067 $1,707
W-2 $2,112 $1,857
W-3 $2,178 $1,935
W-4 $2,271 $2,052
W-5 $2,391 $2,103
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,097 $1,803
O-2E $2,166 $1,908
O-3E $2,289 $2,040
Officer
O-1 $1,842 $1,635
O-2 $2,046 $1,782
O-3 $2,175 $1,956
O-4 $2,427 $2,088
O-5 $2,610 $2,109
O-6 $2,628 $2,154
O-7 $2,646 $2,190

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Little Rock $1,848
Shreveport $1,845
Humboldt County $1,827
Tallahassee $1,824
Marquette $1,821
County Cost Group 780 $1,815
Fort Campbell $1,815
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
Anniston $1,185

Fort Bragg is #222 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 Fort Bragg0 – $2,646 / month
E-1 $1,722
E-2 $1,722
E-3 $1,722
E-4 $1,722
E-5 $1,806
E-6 $2,049
E-7 $2,094
E-8 $2,142
E-9 $2,244
W-1 $2,067
W-2 $2,112
W-3 $2,178
W-4 $2,271
W-5 $2,391
O-1E $2,097
O-2E $2,166
O-3E $2,289
O-1 $1,842
O-2 $2,046
O-3 $2,175
O-4 $2,427
O-5 $2,610
O-6 $2,628
O-7 $2,646

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

Moving from Fort Bragg to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,321 a month — about 14 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.