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 $1,731 Without $1,299

E-5 at Grand Forks draws $1,731 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,299 without

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Grand Forks, ND
E-5 · with dependents
$1,731/ month
$20,772 / year
At E-5, this is #236 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ND190 · ZIPs 58201 58202 58203 58204 58205 58206 +13 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,219 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,299 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Grand Forks · E-5 · $1,731/mo
Grand Forks $1,731/mo · $20,772/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.

Grand Forks — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,518 $1,233
E-2 $1,518 $1,233
E-3 $1,518 $1,233
E-4 $1,518 $1,233
E-5 $1,731 $1,299
E-6 $2,004 $1,500
E-7 $2,073 $1,554
E-8 $2,151 $1,791
E-9 $2,277 $1,863
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,022 $1,518
W-2 $2,106 $1,788
W-3 $2,202 $1,875
W-4 $2,307 $2,013
W-5 $2,439 $2,091
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,085 $1,728
O-2E $2,184 $1,848
O-3E $2,325 $1,995
Officer
O-1 $1,770 $1,329
O-2 $2,001 $1,662
O-3 $2,199 $1,902
O-4 $2,478 $2,070
O-5 $2,682 $2,109
O-6 $2,703 $2,178
O-7 $2,718 $2,214

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
State College $1,791
Corpus Christi $1,788
Lincoln $1,788
Fayetteville $1,782
Coos Bay $1,779
Des Moines $1,770
College Station $1,758
Waco $1,755
County Cost Group 770 $1,752
Wilkes-Barre $1,740
Grand Forks $1,731
Fort Huachuca $1,719
Fort Benning $1,716
Auburn $1,707
Fargo $1,707
White Sands MR $1,701
Fort Hood $1,695
Yuma $1,695
County Cost Group 760 $1,686
Montgomery $1,683
Fort Drum $1,665
Anniston $1,185

Grand Forks is #236 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 Grand Forks0 – $2,718 / month
E-1 $1,518
E-2 $1,518
E-3 $1,518
E-4 $1,518
E-5 $1,731
E-6 $2,004
E-7 $2,073
E-8 $2,151
E-9 $2,277
W-1 $2,022
W-2 $2,106
W-3 $2,202
W-4 $2,307
W-5 $2,439
O-1E $2,085
O-2E $2,184
O-3E $2,325
O-1 $1,770
O-2 $2,001
O-3 $2,199
O-4 $2,478
O-5 $2,682
O-6 $2,703
O-7 $2,718

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

Moving from Grand Forks to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,396 a month — about 12 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.