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 $1,827 Without $1,587

E-5 at Humboldt County draws $1,827 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,587 without

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Humboldt County, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,827/ month
$21,924 / year
At E-5, this is #214 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA042 · ZIPs 95501 95502 95503 95511 95514 95518 +32 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,342 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,587 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Humboldt County · E-5 · $1,827/mo
Humboldt County $1,827/mo · $21,924/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.

Humboldt County — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,764 $1,395
E-2 $1,764 $1,395
E-3 $1,764 $1,395
E-4 $1,764 $1,395
E-5 $1,827 $1,587
E-6 $2,322 $1,743
E-7 $2,511 $1,884
E-8 $2,715 $2,037
E-9 $2,916 $2,187
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,343 $1,758
W-2 $2,595 $1,947
W-3 $2,844 $2,190
W-4 $2,943 $2,364
W-5 $3,063 $2,556
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,547 $1,911
O-2E $2,808 $2,106
O-3E $2,961 $2,316
Officer
O-1 $1,893 $1,698
O-2 $2,316 $1,887
O-3 $2,838 $2,193
O-4 $3,099 $2,520
O-5 $3,288 $2,634
O-6 $3,312 $2,823
O-7 $3,336 $2,871

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Baton Rouge $1,875
Columbus $1,875
Indianapolis $1,875
Lexington $1,875
Abilene $1,872
San Antonio (JBSA) $1,869
Pensacola $1,863
Morehead $1,851
Little Rock $1,848
Shreveport $1,845
Humboldt County $1,827
Tallahassee $1,824
Marquette $1,821
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
Anniston $1,185

Humboldt County is #214 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 Humboldt County0 – $3,336 / month
E-1 $1,764
E-2 $1,764
E-3 $1,764
E-4 $1,764
E-5 $1,827
E-6 $2,322
E-7 $2,511
E-8 $2,715
E-9 $2,916
W-1 $2,343
W-2 $2,595
W-3 $2,844
W-4 $2,943
W-5 $3,063
O-1E $2,547
O-2E $2,808
O-3E $2,961
O-1 $1,893
O-2 $2,316
O-3 $2,838
O-4 $3,099
O-5 $3,288
O-6 $3,312
O-7 $3,336

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

Moving from Humboldt County to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,300 a month — about 7 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.