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 $2,274 Without $1,779

E-5 at Hampton draws $2,274 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,779 without

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Hampton/Newport News, VA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,274/ month
$27,288 / year
At E-5, this is #129 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA VA297 · ZIPs 23001 23003 23018 23021 23025 23035 +63 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,915 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,779 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Hampton · E-5 · $2,274/mo
Hampton $2,274/mo · $27,288/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.

Hampton — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,082 $1,599
E-2 $2,082 $1,599
E-3 $2,082 $1,599
E-4 $2,082 $1,599
E-5 $2,274 $1,779
E-6 $2,421 $1,905
E-7 $2,439 $2,088
E-8 $2,457 $2,310
E-9 $2,571 $2,343
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,436 $2,022
W-2 $2,445 $2,307
W-3 $2,478 $2,349
W-4 $2,610 $2,415
W-5 $2,778 $2,439
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,442 $2,271
O-2E $2,466 $2,334
O-3E $2,637 $2,409
Officer
O-1 $2,301 $1,884
O-2 $2,418 $2,214
O-3 $2,475 $2,361
O-4 $2,835 $2,427
O-5 $3,099 $2,442
O-6 $3,123 $2,451
O-7 $3,144 $2,493

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Fort Stewart $2,310
Phoenix $2,289
Volusia County $2,286
Cincinnati $2,283
Pittsburgh $2,283
Dover AFB $2,277
Hampton $2,274
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Dahlonega $2,208
Brunswick $2,205
Anniston $1,185

Hampton is #129 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 Hampton0 – $3,144 / month
E-1 $2,082
E-2 $2,082
E-3 $2,082
E-4 $2,082
E-5 $2,274
E-6 $2,421
E-7 $2,439
E-8 $2,457
E-9 $2,571
W-1 $2,436
W-2 $2,445
W-3 $2,478
W-4 $2,610
W-5 $2,778
O-1E $2,442
O-2E $2,466
O-3E $2,637
O-1 $2,301
O-2 $2,418
O-3 $2,475
O-4 $2,835
O-5 $3,099
O-6 $3,123
O-7 $3,144

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

Moving from Hampton to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,853 a month — about 19 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.