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

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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 $2,133 Without $1,806

E-5 at Kings Bay draws $2,133 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,806 without

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Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,133/ month
$25,596 / year
At E-5, this is #153 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA GA074 · ZIPs 31520 31521 31522 31523 31524 31525 +15 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,735 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,806 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Kings Bay · E-5 · $2,133/mo
Kings Bay $2,133/mo · $25,596/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.

Kings Bay — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,016 $1,656
E-2 $2,016 $1,656
E-3 $2,016 $1,656
E-4 $2,016 $1,656
E-5 $2,133 $1,806
E-6 $2,157 $1,905
E-7 $2,250 $2,019
E-8 $2,352 $2,145
E-9 $2,499 $2,151
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,172 $1,989
W-2 $2,292 $2,142
W-3 $2,421 $2,154
W-4 $2,529 $2,169
W-5 $2,664 $2,271
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,265 $2,130
O-2E $2,400 $2,148
O-3E $2,550 $2,160
Officer
O-1 $2,145 $1,896
O-2 $2,154 $2,097
O-3 $2,418 $2,157
O-4 $2,706 $2,247
O-5 $2,916 $2,304
O-6 $2,937 $2,400
O-7 $2,955 $2,439

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Knoxville $2,184
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Memphis $2,154
Grand Rapids $2,148
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Anniston $1,185

Kings Bay is #153 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 Kings Bay0 – $2,955 / month
E-1 $2,016
E-2 $2,016
E-3 $2,016
E-4 $2,016
E-5 $2,133
E-6 $2,157
E-7 $2,250
E-8 $2,352
E-9 $2,499
W-1 $2,172
W-2 $2,292
W-3 $2,421
W-4 $2,529
W-5 $2,664
O-1E $2,265
O-2E $2,400
O-3E $2,550
O-1 $2,145
O-2 $2,154
O-3 $2,418
O-4 $2,706
O-5 $2,916
O-6 $2,937
O-7 $2,955

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

Moving from Kings Bay to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,994 a month — about 125 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.