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 $3,303 Without $2,967

E-5 at Marin draws $3,303 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,967 without

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Marin/Sonoma, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,303/ month
$39,636 / year
At E-5, this is #37 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA027 · ZIPs 94901 94903 94904 94912 94913 94914 +85 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,235 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,967 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Marin · E-5 · $3,303/mo
Marin $3,303/mo · $39,636/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.

Marin — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $3,252 $2,529
E-2 $3,252 $2,529
E-3 $3,252 $2,529
E-4 $3,252 $2,529
E-5 $3,303 $2,967
E-6 $3,819 $3,201
E-7 $3,939 $3,252
E-8 $4,065 $3,411
E-9 $4,263 $3,561
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,840 $3,249
W-2 $3,990 $3,408
W-3 $4,149 $3,579
W-4 $4,305 $3,843
W-5 $4,497 $3,966
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,960 $3,300
O-2E $4,125 $3,528
O-3E $4,335 $3,813
Officer
O-1 $3,369 $3,198
O-2 $3,813 $3,291
O-3 $4,146 $3,630
O-4 $4,563 $3,939
O-5 $4,863 $4,011
O-6 $4,905 $4,128
O-7 $4,944 $4,203

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Monterey $3,465
Trenton $3,465
Chicago $3,438
West Palm Beach $3,423
Perth Amboy $3,393
Vallejo $3,369
Juneau $3,354
Riverside $3,351
Vandenberg SFB $3,333
Portsmouth $3,321
Marin $3,303
San Bernardino $3,288
Portland $3,252
Indian Head Navordsta $3,249
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Providence $3,195
Manchester $3,177
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Seattle $3,135
Washington $3,132
Anniston $1,185

Marin is #37 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 Marin0 – $4,944 / month
E-1 $3,252
E-2 $3,252
E-3 $3,252
E-4 $3,252
E-5 $3,303
E-6 $3,819
E-7 $3,939
E-8 $4,065
E-9 $4,263
W-1 $3,840
W-2 $3,990
W-3 $4,149
W-4 $4,305
W-5 $4,497
O-1E $3,960
O-2E $4,125
O-3E $4,335
O-1 $3,369
O-2 $3,813
O-3 $4,146
O-4 $4,563
O-5 $4,863
O-6 $4,905
O-7 $4,944

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

Moving from Marin to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,824 a month — about 4 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.