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
    WithWithout

    E-5 without dependents at Memphis draws $1,719 per month in 2026

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    Memphis, TN
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,719/ month
    $20,628 / year
    At E-5, this is #156 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA TN268 · ZIPs 37501 37544 38002 38004 38011 38014 +79 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,204 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,154 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Memphis — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,992$1,530
    E-2$1,992$1,530
    E-3$1,992$1,530
    E-4$1,992$1,530
    E-5$2,154$1,719
    E-6$2,319$1,839
    E-7$2,337$1,995
    E-8$2,346$2,193
    E-9$2,376$2,232
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,334$1,944
    W-2$2,343$2,190
    W-3$2,355$2,238
    W-4$2,394$2,310
    W-5$2,484$2,322
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,340$2,151
    O-2E$2,349$2,220
    O-3E$2,409$2,307
    Officer
    O-1$2,181$1,824
    O-2$2,316$2,103
    O-3$2,352$2,253
    O-4$2,508$2,313
    O-5$2,643$2,325
    O-6$2,661$2,328
    O-7$2,679$2,343
    PCS compareMemphis · E-5 · $1,719/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$267+$3,204/yr · like +$4,108 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Austin$1,731
    Pittsburgh$1,725
    Morehead$1,722
    Charlotte$1,719
    Memphis$1,719
    Provo$1,719
    Astoria$1,713
    Cincinnati$1,713
    El Centro$1,704
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Memphis is #156 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Memphis0 – $2,343 / month
    E-1$1,530
    E-2$1,530
    E-3$1,530
    E-4$1,530
    E-5$1,719
    E-6$1,839
    E-7$1,995
    E-8$2,193
    E-9$2,232
    W-1$1,944
    W-2$2,190
    W-3$2,238
    W-4$2,310
    W-5$2,322
    O-1E$2,151
    O-2E$2,220
    O-3E$2,307
    O-1$1,824
    O-2$2,103
    O-3$2,253
    O-4$2,313
    O-5$2,325
    O-6$2,328
    O-7$2,343

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $120 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 Memphis to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,261 a month — about 27 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,719 a month of BAH takes more than $1,719 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.