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 without dependents at Holloman AFB draws $1,197 per month in 2026

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    Holloman AFB/Alamogordo, NM
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,197/ month
    $14,364 / year
    At E-5, this is #294 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA NM205 · ZIPs 88310 88311 88314 88317 88325 88330 +10 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,535 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,590 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Holloman AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,419$1,131
    E-2$1,419$1,131
    E-3$1,419$1,131
    E-4$1,419$1,131
    E-5$1,590$1,197
    E-6$1,869$1,401
    E-7$1,890$1,425
    E-8$1,899$1,650
    E-9$1,980$1,725
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,887$1,416
    W-2$1,896$1,647
    W-3$1,908$1,737
    W-4$2,007$1,863
    W-5$2,136$1,881
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,893$1,587
    O-2E$1,902$1,710
    O-3E$2,028$1,860
    Officer
    O-1$1,632$1,245
    O-2$1,866$1,536
    O-3$1,905$1,764
    O-4$2,175$1,869
    O-5$2,376$1,884
    O-6$2,394$1,887
    O-7$2,406$1,911
    PCS compareHolloman AFB · E-5 · $1,197/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$789+$9,468/yr · like +$12,138 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    County Cost Group 700$1,212
    Wichita$1,212
    Laughlin AFB$1,209
    County Cost Group 690$1,200
    Holloman AFB$1,197
    Lake Charles$1,197
    Hattiesburg$1,194
    County Cost Group 680$1,191
    Huntington$1,188
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Holloman AFB is #294 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Holloman AFB0 – $1,911 / month
    E-1$1,131
    E-2$1,131
    E-3$1,131
    E-4$1,131
    E-5$1,197
    E-6$1,401
    E-7$1,425
    E-8$1,650
    E-9$1,725
    W-1$1,416
    W-2$1,647
    W-3$1,737
    W-4$1,863
    W-5$1,881
    O-1E$1,587
    O-2E$1,710
    O-3E$1,860
    O-1$1,245
    O-2$1,536
    O-3$1,764
    O-4$1,869
    O-5$1,884
    O-6$1,887
    O-7$1,911

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $204 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 Holloman AFB to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,783 a month — about 19 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $204 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,197 a month of BAH takes more than $1,197 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.