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 $2,901 Without $2,274

E-5 at Hartford draws $2,901 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,274 without

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Hartford, CT
E-5 · with dependents
$2,901/ month
$34,812 / year
At E-5, this is #59 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CT050 · ZIPs 06001 06002 06006 06010 06016 06019 +117 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,719 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,274 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Hartford · E-5 · $2,901/mo
Hartford $2,901/mo · $34,812/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.

Hartford — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,652 $2,055
E-2 $2,652 $2,055
E-3 $2,652 $2,055
E-4 $2,652 $2,055
E-5 $2,901 $2,274
E-6 $3,330 $2,499
E-7 $3,489 $2,661
E-8 $3,657 $2,991
E-9 $3,867 $3,114
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,351 $2,574
W-2 $3,555 $2,988
W-3 $3,765 $3,132
W-4 $3,903 $3,363
W-5 $4,074 $3,525
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,519 $2,898
O-2E $3,735 $3,087
O-3E $3,930 $3,324
Officer
O-1 $2,961 $2,397
O-2 $3,327 $2,823
O-3 $3,759 $3,174
O-4 $4,128 $3,495
O-5 $4,395 $3,588
O-6 $4,431 $3,744
O-7 $4,467 $3,810

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901
Hartford $2,901
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,874
Ketchikan $2,868
Kodiak Island $2,865
County Cost Group 880 $2,850
Newport $2,847
Denver $2,841
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst $2,823
Boulder $2,754
Cape May $2,754
Everett $2,748
Anniston $1,185

Hartford is #59 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 Hartford0 – $4,467 / month
E-1 $2,652
E-2 $2,652
E-3 $2,652
E-4 $2,652
E-5 $2,901
E-6 $3,330
E-7 $3,489
E-8 $3,657
E-9 $3,867
W-1 $3,351
W-2 $3,555
W-3 $3,765
W-4 $3,903
W-5 $4,074
O-1E $3,519
O-2E $3,735
O-3E $3,930
O-1 $2,961
O-2 $3,327
O-3 $3,759
O-4 $4,128
O-5 $4,395
O-6 $4,431
O-7 $4,467

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

Moving from Hartford to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,226 a month — about 5 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.