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 $2,607 Without $1,965

E-5 at Milwaukee draws $2,607 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,965 without

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Milwaukee, WI
E-5 · with dependents
$2,607/ month
$31,284 / year
At E-5, this is #83 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA WI317 · ZIPs 53005 53007 53008 53018 53029 53045 +87 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,342 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,965 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Milwaukee · E-5 · $2,607/mo
Milwaukee $2,607/mo · $31,284/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.

Milwaukee — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,367 $1,776
E-2 $2,367 $1,776
E-3 $2,367 $1,776
E-4 $2,367 $1,776
E-5 $2,607 $1,965
E-6 $2,700 $2,148
E-7 $2,874 $2,376
E-8 $3,072 $2,631
E-9 $3,300 $2,646
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,715 $2,292
W-2 $2,955 $2,628
W-3 $3,198 $2,652
W-4 $3,336 $2,733
W-5 $3,507 $2,919
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,910 $2,604
O-2E $3,162 $2,640
O-3E $3,363 $2,685
Officer
O-1 $2,625 $2,124
O-2 $2,697 $2,529
O-3 $3,189 $2,658
O-4 $3,564 $2,883
O-5 $3,831 $2,994
O-6 $3,861 $3,177
O-7 $3,888 $3,231

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Pierce $2,691
Philadelphia $2,691
Fort Detrick $2,682
Edwards AFB $2,658
Orlando $2,658
Atlantic City $2,655
Madison $2,655
County Cost Group 870 $2,652
Ballston Spa $2,634
Baltimore $2,610
Milwaukee $2,607
Outer Banks $2,604
New London $2,580
Ann Arbor $2,559
JB Lewis-McChord $2,556
Stockton $2,553
Minneapolis $2,541
Elizabeth City $2,508
Patrick SFB $2,502
County Cost Group 860 $2,487
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,478
Anniston $1,185

Milwaukee is #83 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 Milwaukee0 – $3,888 / month
E-1 $2,367
E-2 $2,367
E-3 $2,367
E-4 $2,367
E-5 $2,607
E-6 $2,700
E-7 $2,874
E-8 $3,072
E-9 $3,300
W-1 $2,715
W-2 $2,955
W-3 $3,198
W-4 $3,336
W-5 $3,507
O-1E $2,910
O-2E $3,162
O-3E $3,363
O-1 $2,625
O-2 $2,697
O-3 $3,189
O-4 $3,564
O-5 $3,831
O-6 $3,861
O-7 $3,888

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

Moving from Milwaukee to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,520 a month — about 27 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.