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
    With $1,986Without $1,596

    E-5 at Kansas City draws $1,986 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,596 without

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    Kansas City, MO
    E-5 · with dependents
    $1,986/ month
    $23,832 / year
    At E-5, this is #183 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA MO160 · ZIPs 64002 64012 64013 64014 64015 64016 +163 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,546 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,596 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Kansas City — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,845$1,419
    E-2$1,845$1,419
    E-3$1,845$1,419
    E-4$1,845$1,419
    E-5$1,986$1,596
    E-6$2,175$1,713
    E-7$2,223$1,848
    E-8$2,277$2,031
    E-9$2,397$2,076
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,190$1,806
    W-2$2,244$2,028
    W-3$2,313$2,085
    W-4$2,430$2,178
    W-5$2,574$2,232
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,229$1,983
    O-2E$2,301$2,064
    O-3E$2,451$2,163
    Officer
    O-1$2,019$1,701
    O-2$2,172$1,944
    O-3$2,310$2,103
    O-4$2,622$2,217
    O-5$2,847$2,241
    O-6$2,868$2,289
    O-7$2,889$2,328
    PCS compareKansas City · E-5 · $1,986/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$492+$5,904/yr · like +$7,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    Cleveland$1,998
    Louisville$1,989
    Chattanooga$1,986
    El Centro$1,986
    Kansas City$1,986
    Rapid City$1,986
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,980
    County Cost Group 800$1,962
    Battle Creek$1,959
    Anniston$1,185

    Kansas City is #183 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 Kansas City0 – $2,889 / month
    E-1$1,845
    E-2$1,845
    E-3$1,845
    E-4$1,845
    E-5$1,986
    E-6$2,175
    E-7$2,223
    E-8$2,277
    E-9$2,397
    W-1$2,190
    W-2$2,244
    W-3$2,313
    W-4$2,430
    W-5$2,574
    O-1E$2,229
    O-2E$2,301
    O-3E$2,451
    O-1$2,019
    O-2$2,172
    O-3$2,310
    O-4$2,622
    O-5$2,847
    O-6$2,868
    O-7$2,889

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $189 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 Kansas City to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,141 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $189 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,986 a month of BAH takes more than $1,986 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.