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 with dependents at Fort Leonard Wood draws $1,479 per month in 2026

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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 loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA MO163 · ZIPs 65401 65402 65409 65436 65444 65452 +26 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,896 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,290 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Leonard Wood — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareFort Leonard Wood · E-5 · $1,479/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$999+$11,988/yr · like +$15,369 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    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
    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

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $243 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 Leonard Wood to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,648 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $243 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $1,479 a month of BAH takes more than $1,479 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.