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 $1,806 Without $1,356

E-5 at Lansing draws $1,806 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,356 without

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Lansing, MI
E-5 · with dependents
$1,806/ month
$21,672 / year
At E-5, this is #222 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MI153 · ZIPs 48805 48813 48819 48821 48823 48824 +40 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,315 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,356 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Lansing · E-5 · $1,806/mo
Lansing $1,806/mo · $21,672/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.

Lansing — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,611 $1,224
E-2 $1,611 $1,224
E-3 $1,611 $1,224
E-4 $1,611 $1,224
E-5 $1,806 $1,356
E-6 $1,983 $1,485
E-7 $2,034 $1,617
E-8 $2,091 $1,848
E-9 $2,238 $1,890
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,001 $1,551
W-2 $2,058 $1,845
W-3 $2,130 $1,899
W-4 $2,280 $1,986
W-5 $2,466 $2,046
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,040 $1,803
O-2E $2,118 $1,881
O-3E $2,310 $1,974
Officer
O-1 $1,836 $1,410
O-2 $1,980 $1,743
O-3 $2,127 $1,914
O-4 $2,529 $2,028
O-5 $2,820 $2,115
O-6 $2,841 $2,130
O-7 $2,859 $2,145

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Shreveport $1,845
Humboldt County $1,827
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
Anniston $1,185

Lansing is #222 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 Lansing0 – $2,859 / month
E-1 $1,611
E-2 $1,611
E-3 $1,611
E-4 $1,611
E-5 $1,806
E-6 $1,983
E-7 $2,034
E-8 $2,091
E-9 $2,238
W-1 $2,001
W-2 $2,058
W-3 $2,130
W-4 $2,280
W-5 $2,466
O-1E $2,040
O-2E $2,118
O-3E $2,310
O-1 $1,836
O-2 $1,980
O-3 $2,127
O-4 $2,529
O-5 $2,820
O-6 $2,841
O-7 $2,859

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

Moving from Lansing to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,321 a month — about 19 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.