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 $1,479 Without $1,290

E-5 at Fort Leonard Wood draws $1,479 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,290 without

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Fort Leonard Wood, MO
E-5 · with dependents
$1,479/ month
$17,748 / year
At E-5, this is #293 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MO163 · ZIPs 65401 65402 65409 65436 65444 65452 +26 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,896 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,290 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Fort Leonard Wood · E-5 · $1,479/mo
Fort Leonard Wood $1,479/mo · $17,748/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 Leonard Wood — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,386 $1,287
E-2 $1,386 $1,287
E-3 $1,386 $1,287
E-4 $1,386 $1,287
E-5 $1,479 $1,290
E-6 $1,722 $1,296
E-7 $1,833 $1,386
E-8 $1,956 $1,533
E-9 $2,064 $1,596
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,740 $1,368
W-2 $1,884 $1,530
W-3 $2,034 $1,608
W-4 $2,073 $1,743
W-5 $2,130 $1,860
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,854 $1,476
O-2E $2,010 $1,581
O-3E $2,085 $1,713
Officer
O-1 $1,515 $1,293
O-2 $1,719 $1,452
O-3 $2,028 $1,629
O-4 $2,142 $1,833
O-5 $2,223 $1,899
O-6 $2,238 $2,013
O-7 $2,250 $2,043

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Seymour Johnson AFB $1,521
Beaumont $1,518
County Cost Group 710 $1,515
Brownsville $1,503
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
Anniston $1,185

Fort Leonard Wood is #293 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 Leonard Wood0 – $2,250 / month
E-1 $1,386
E-2 $1,386
E-3 $1,386
E-4 $1,386
E-5 $1,479
E-6 $1,722
E-7 $1,833
E-8 $1,956
E-9 $2,064
W-1 $1,740
W-2 $1,884
W-3 $2,034
W-4 $2,073
W-5 $2,130
O-1E $1,854
O-2E $2,010
O-3E $2,085
O-1 $1,515
O-2 $1,719
O-3 $2,028
O-4 $2,142
O-5 $2,223
O-6 $2,238
O-7 $2,250

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

Moving from Fort Leonard Wood to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,648 a month — about 15 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.