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 $1,584 Without $1,245

E-5 at Lafayette draws $1,584 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,245 without

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Lafayette, LA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,584/ month
$19,008 / year
At E-5, this is #264 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA LA118 · ZIPs 70380 70501 70502 70503 70504 70505 +24 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,031 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,245 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Lafayette · E-5 · $1,584/mo
Lafayette $1,584/mo · $19,008/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.

Lafayette — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,449 $1,140
E-2 $1,449 $1,140
E-3 $1,449 $1,140
E-4 $1,449 $1,140
E-5 $1,584 $1,245
E-6 $1,845 $1,380
E-7 $1,914 $1,452
E-8 $1,992 $1,641
E-9 $2,112 $1,710
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,860 $1,413
W-2 $1,944 $1,638
W-3 $2,043 $1,722
W-4 $2,139 $1,854
W-5 $2,262 $1,929
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,926 $1,581
O-2E $2,025 $1,695
O-3E $2,157 $1,833
Officer
O-1 $1,623 $1,311
O-2 $1,842 $1,542
O-3 $2,040 $1,746
O-4 $2,298 $1,911
O-5 $2,484 $1,950
O-6 $2,502 $2,019
O-7 $2,517 $2,052

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
St Mary And Terrebonne $1,620
Whiteman AFB $1,611
Malmstrom SFB $1,608
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Gulfport $1,602
Bismarck $1,596
Fallon NAS $1,596
County Cost Group 740 $1,590
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Peoria $1,572
China Lake $1,563
County Cost Group 730 $1,557
Sioux Falls $1,554
Johnson City $1,548
Minot AFB $1,548
Scott AFB $1,542
Anniston $1,185

Lafayette is #264 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 Lafayette0 – $2,517 / month
E-1 $1,449
E-2 $1,449
E-3 $1,449
E-4 $1,449
E-5 $1,584
E-6 $1,845
E-7 $1,914
E-8 $1,992
E-9 $2,112
W-1 $1,860
W-2 $1,944
W-3 $2,043
W-4 $2,139
W-5 $2,262
O-1E $1,926
O-2E $2,025
O-3E $2,157
O-1 $1,623
O-2 $1,842
O-3 $2,040
O-4 $2,298
O-5 $2,484
O-6 $2,502
O-7 $2,517

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

Moving from Lafayette to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,543 a month — about 14 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.