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 $2,148 Without $1,635

E-5 at Grand Rapids draws $2,148 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,635 without

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Grand Rapids, MI
E-5 · with dependents
$2,148/ month
$25,776 / year
At E-5, this is #151 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MI154 · ZIPs 49301 49302 49306 49315 49316 49317 +58 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,754 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,635 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Grand Rapids · E-5 · $2,148/mo
Grand Rapids $2,148/mo · $25,776/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 Rapids — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,950 $1,464
E-2 $1,950 $1,464
E-3 $1,950 $1,464
E-4 $1,950 $1,464
E-5 $2,148 $1,635
E-6 $2,403 $1,800
E-7 $2,424 $1,956
E-8 $2,433 $2,205
E-9 $2,517 $2,271
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,421 $1,893
W-2 $2,430 $2,202
W-3 $2,442 $2,283
W-4 $2,547 $2,397
W-5 $2,688 $2,415
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,427 $2,145
O-2E $2,436 $2,256
O-3E $2,571 $2,394
Officer
O-1 $2,184 $1,752
O-2 $2,400 $2,085
O-3 $2,439 $2,307
O-4 $2,730 $2,403
O-5 $2,946 $2,418
O-6 $2,970 $2,421
O-7 $2,988 $2,454

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Houston $2,193
Eugene $2,187
Knoxville $2,184
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Memphis $2,154
Grand Rapids $2,148
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Anniston $1,185

Grand Rapids is #151 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 Rapids0 – $2,988 / month
E-1 $1,950
E-2 $1,950
E-3 $1,950
E-4 $1,950
E-5 $2,148
E-6 $2,403
E-7 $2,424
E-8 $2,433
E-9 $2,517
W-1 $2,421
W-2 $2,430
W-3 $2,442
W-4 $2,547
W-5 $2,688
O-1E $2,427
O-2E $2,436
O-3E $2,571
O-1 $2,184
O-2 $2,400
O-3 $2,439
O-4 $2,730
O-5 $2,946
O-6 $2,970
O-7 $2,988

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

Moving from Grand Rapids to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,979 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.