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JB Elmendorf-Richardson BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA AK404

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W-1 · With dependents
$2,895per month

$34,740 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #84 of 338W-1 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,712/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$141/mo · +5.1%2025 $2,754 → 2026 $2,895
W-1 rate selectedMHA AK404 ZIPs 99501 99502 99503 99504 99505 99506 +167
PCS compare JB Elmendorf-Richardson · W-1 · with dep. · $2,895/mo
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,895/mo · $34,740/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.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,754
2026$2,895

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

MHA

Alaska is BAH, not OHA — a common mix-up when people see 'overseas-feeling' duty stations.

JB Elmendorf-Richardson — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco $5,472
Philadelphia $2,997
Sacramento $2,994
Orlando $2,979
Outer Banks $2,964
Stockton $2,955
JB Lewis-McChord $2,940
Fort Myers Beach $2,937
Baltimore $2,922
Madison $2,910
Patrick SFB $2,904
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,895
Ketchikan $2,889
Kodiak Island $2,886
Ballston Spa $2,880
Port Angeles $2,880
Hampden County $2,874
Allentown $2,862
County Cost Group 860 $2,847
Fresno $2,847
Fort Pierce $2,844
Abilene $2,841
Youngstown $1,350

JB Elmendorf-Richardson is #84 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at JB Elmendorf-Richardson0 – $4,161 / month
E-1 $2,277
E-2 $2,277
E-3 $2,277
E-4 $2,277
E-5 $2,874
E-6 $2,892
E-7 $3,045
E-8 $3,240
E-9 $3,486
W-1 $2,895
W-2 $3,123
W-3 $3,369
W-4 $3,528
W-5 $3,723
O-1E $3,078
O-2E $3,333
O-3E $3,558
O-1 $2,886
O-2 $2,889
O-3 $3,360
O-4 $3,789
O-5 $4,095
O-6 $4,131
O-7 $4,161

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

Moving from JB Elmendorf-Richardson to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,577 a month — about 11 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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