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 $1,797 Without $1,443

E-5 at Huntsville draws $1,797 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,443 without

Permalink bahratedesk.com/huntsville-al/ Excel CSV
Huntsville, AL
E-5 · with dependents
$1,797/ month
$21,564 / year
At E-5, this is #225 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA AL003 · ZIPs 35016 35175 35601 35602 35603 35609 +65 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,304 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,443 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Huntsville · E-5 · $1,797/mo
Huntsville $1,797/mo · $21,564/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.

Huntsville — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,668 $1,284
E-2 $1,668 $1,284
E-3 $1,668 $1,284
E-4 $1,668 $1,284
E-5 $1,797 $1,443
E-6 $2,079 $1,557
E-7 $2,133 $1,671
E-8 $2,187 $1,860
E-9 $2,286 $1,935
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,097 $1,635
W-2 $2,154 $1,857
W-3 $2,229 $1,947
W-4 $2,307 $2,085
W-5 $2,415 $2,142
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,139 $1,794
O-2E $2,214 $1,917
O-3E $2,325 $2,070
Officer
O-1 $1,839 $1,536
O-2 $2,076 $1,758
O-3 $2,226 $1,974
O-4 $2,445 $2,127
O-5 $2,607 $2,154
O-6 $2,625 $2,205
O-7 $2,640 $2,241

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Huntsville $1,797
State College $1,791
Corpus Christi $1,788
Lincoln $1,788
Fayetteville $1,782
Coos Bay $1,779
Des Moines $1,770
College Station $1,758
Waco $1,755
County Cost Group 770 $1,752
Wilkes-Barre $1,740
Anniston $1,185

Huntsville is #225 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 Huntsville0 – $2,640 / month
E-1 $1,668
E-2 $1,668
E-3 $1,668
E-4 $1,668
E-5 $1,797
E-6 $2,079
E-7 $2,133
E-8 $2,187
E-9 $2,286
W-1 $2,097
W-2 $2,154
W-3 $2,229
W-4 $2,307
W-5 $2,415
O-1E $2,139
O-2E $2,214
O-3E $2,325
O-1 $1,839
O-2 $2,076
O-3 $2,226
O-4 $2,445
O-5 $2,607
O-6 $2,625
O-7 $2,640

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

Moving from Huntsville to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,330 a month — about 12 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.