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 $2,901 Without $2,436

E-5 at Fort G. G. Meade draws $2,901 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,436 without

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Fort G. G. Meade, MD
E-5 · with dependents
$2,901/ month
$34,812 / year
At E-5, this is #59 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MD133 · ZIPs 20701 20715 20724 20755 20763 20794 +11 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,719 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,436 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Fort G. G. Meade · E-5 · $2,901/mo
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901/mo · $34,812/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 G. G. Meade — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,739 $2,178
E-2 $2,739 $2,178
E-3 $2,739 $2,178
E-4 $2,739 $2,178
E-5 $2,901 $2,436
E-6 $3,276 $2,592
E-7 $3,327 $2,745
E-8 $3,378 $2,982
E-9 $3,507 $3,087
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,297 $2,694
W-2 $3,345 $2,979
W-3 $3,414 $3,102
W-4 $3,543 $3,282
W-5 $3,708 $3,336
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,333 $2,898
O-2E $3,402 $3,063
O-3E $3,570 $3,270
Officer
O-1 $2,952 $2,577
O-2 $3,273 $2,850
O-3 $3,411 $3,138
O-4 $3,759 $3,321
O-5 $4,014 $3,345
O-6 $4,047 $3,390
O-7 $4,077 $3,450

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fitchburg $3,093
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901
Hartford $2,901
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,874
Ketchikan $2,868
Kodiak Island $2,865
County Cost Group 880 $2,850
Newport $2,847
Denver $2,841
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst $2,823
Boulder $2,754
Cape May $2,754
Anniston $1,185

Fort G. G. Meade is #59 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 G. G. Meade0 – $4,077 / month
E-1 $2,739
E-2 $2,739
E-3 $2,739
E-4 $2,739
E-5 $2,901
E-6 $3,276
E-7 $3,327
E-8 $3,378
E-9 $3,507
W-1 $3,297
W-2 $3,345
W-3 $3,414
W-4 $3,543
W-5 $3,708
O-1E $3,333
O-2E $3,402
O-3E $3,570
O-1 $2,952
O-2 $3,273
O-3 $3,411
O-4 $3,759
O-5 $4,014
O-6 $4,047
O-7 $4,077

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

Moving from Fort G. G. Meade to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,226 a month — about 6 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.