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 $1,572 Without $1,251

E-5 at Fort Rucker draws $1,572 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,251 without

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Fort Rucker, AL
E-5 · with dependents
$1,572/ month
$18,864 / year
At E-5, this is #268 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA AL002 · ZIPs 36301 36302 36303 36304 36305 36310 +35 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,015 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,251 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Fort Rucker · E-5 · $1,572/mo
Fort Rucker $1,572/mo · $18,864/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 Rucker — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,440 $1,167
E-2 $1,440 $1,167
E-3 $1,440 $1,167
E-4 $1,440 $1,167
E-5 $1,572 $1,251
E-6 $1,743 $1,317
E-7 $1,929 $1,446
E-8 $2,136 $1,611
E-9 $2,346 $1,761
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,761 $1,407
W-2 $2,013 $1,608
W-3 $2,268 $1,764
W-4 $2,373 $1,800
W-5 $2,502 $1,977
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,968 $1,569
O-2E $2,232 $1,674
O-3E $2,394 $1,797
Officer
O-1 $1,602 $1,305
O-2 $1,740 $1,533
O-3 $2,262 $1,767
O-4 $2,541 $1,941
O-5 $2,742 $2,058
O-6 $2,760 $2,247
O-7 $2,778 $2,283

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Gulfport $1,602
Bismarck $1,596
Fallon NAS $1,596
County Cost Group 740 $1,590
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Peoria $1,572
China Lake $1,563
County Cost Group 730 $1,557
Sioux Falls $1,554
Johnson City $1,548
Minot AFB $1,548
Scott AFB $1,542
Champaign $1,539
County Cost Group 720 $1,536
Lexington $1,536
Anniston $1,185

Fort Rucker is #268 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 Rucker0 – $2,778 / month
E-1 $1,440
E-2 $1,440
E-3 $1,440
E-4 $1,440
E-5 $1,572
E-6 $1,743
E-7 $1,929
E-8 $2,136
E-9 $2,346
W-1 $1,761
W-2 $2,013
W-3 $2,268
W-4 $2,373
W-5 $2,502
O-1E $1,968
O-2E $2,232
O-3E $2,394
O-1 $1,602
O-2 $1,740
O-3 $2,262
O-4 $2,541
O-5 $2,742
O-6 $2,760
O-7 $2,778

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

Moving from Fort Rucker to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,555 a month — about 21 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.