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

    E-5 without dependents at Fort Drum draws $1,422 per month in 2026

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    Fort Drum/Watertown, NY
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,422/ month
    $17,064 / year
    At E-5, this is #16 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $3,147 · low Fort Riley $1,158
    MHA NY219 · ZIPs 13602 13601 13603
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,823 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,665 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Drum — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,569$1,356
    E-2$1,569$1,356
    E-3$1,569$1,356
    E-4$1,569$1,356
    E-5$1,665$1,422
    E-6$1,893$1,476
    E-7$2,103$1,578
    E-8$2,331$1,749
    E-9$2,526$1,896
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,914$1,548
    W-2$2,196$1,713
    W-3$2,478$1,899
    W-4$2,544$1,938
    W-5$2,631$2,154
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,145$1,662
    O-2E$2,436$1,827
    O-3E$2,559$1,920
    Officer
    O-1$1,701$1,470
    O-2$1,890$1,638
    O-3$2,469$1,902
    O-4$2,655$2,115
    O-5$2,784$2,244
    O-6$2,805$2,457
    O-7$2,823$2,496
    PCS compareFort Drum · E-5 · $1,422/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,527/mo · $18,324/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$105+$1,260/yr · like +$1,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, every station0 – $3,147 / month
    San Diego$3,147
    Camp Pendleton$3,093
    Honolulu County$2,856
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,157
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,121
    Fort Stewart$1,947
    Norfolk$1,908
    Fort Carson$1,860
    Fort Campbell$1,593
    Fort Hood$1,530
    Fort Bragg$1,527
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,500
    Fort Benning$1,482
    Camp Lejeune$1,476
    Fort Bliss$1,437
    Fort Drum$1,422
    Fort Riley$1,158

    Fort Drum is #16 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $1,989 a month — $23,868 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Drum0 – $2,496 / month
    E-1$1,356
    E-2$1,356
    E-3$1,356
    E-4$1,356
    E-5$1,422
    E-6$1,476
    E-7$1,578
    E-8$1,749
    E-9$1,896
    W-1$1,548
    W-2$1,713
    W-3$1,899
    W-4$1,938
    W-5$2,154
    O-1E$1,662
    O-2E$1,827
    O-3E$1,920
    O-1$1,470
    O-2$1,638
    O-3$1,902
    O-4$2,115
    O-5$2,244
    O-6$2,457
    O-7$2,496

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $54 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 Fort Drum to San Diego at E-5 is worth $1,725 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,422 a month of BAH takes more than $1,422 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.