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 Greensboro draws $1,809 per month in 2026

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    Greensboro, NC
    E-5 · with dependents
    $1,809/ month
    $21,708 / year
    At E-5, this is #221 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA NC184 · ZIPs 27009 27010 27012 27023 27040 27045 +80 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,319 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,440 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Greensboro — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,680$1,260
    E-2$1,680$1,260
    E-3$1,680$1,260
    E-4$1,680$1,260
    E-5$1,809$1,440
    E-6$2,109$1,581
    E-7$2,163$1,683
    E-8$2,220$1,875
    E-9$2,319$1,956
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,127$1,650
    W-2$2,184$1,872
    W-3$2,262$1,968
    W-4$2,340$2,115
    W-5$2,445$2,175
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,169$1,806
    O-2E$2,247$1,938
    O-3E$2,358$2,100
    Officer
    O-1$1,851$1,551
    O-2$2,106$1,770
    O-3$2,259$1,995
    O-4$2,472$2,157
    O-5$2,631$2,187
    O-6$2,649$2,238
    O-7$2,664$2,274
    PCS compareGreensboro · E-5 · $1,809/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$669+$8,028/yr · like +$10,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    County Cost Group 780$1,815
    Fort Campbell$1,815
    Fort Leavenworth$1,815
    Fort Bliss$1,809
    Greensboro$1,809
    Fort Bragg$1,806
    Lansing$1,806
    Robins AFB$1,800
    Huntsville$1,797
    Anniston$1,185

    Greensboro is #221 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 Greensboro0 – $2,664 / month
    E-1$1,680
    E-2$1,680
    E-3$1,680
    E-4$1,680
    E-5$1,809
    E-6$2,109
    E-7$2,163
    E-8$2,220
    E-9$2,319
    W-1$2,127
    W-2$2,184
    W-3$2,262
    W-4$2,340
    W-5$2,445
    O-1E$2,169
    O-2E$2,247
    O-3E$2,358
    O-1$1,851
    O-2$2,106
    O-3$2,259
    O-4$2,472
    O-5$2,631
    O-6$2,649
    O-7$2,664

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $300 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 Greensboro to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,318 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $300 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,809 a month of BAH takes more than $1,809 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.