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 $2,541 Without $1,905

E-5 at Minneapolis draws $2,541 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,905 without

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Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
E-5 · with dependents
$2,541/ month
$30,492 / year
At E-5, this is #89 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MN159 · ZIPs 55001 55003 55005 55010 55011 55014 +179 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,258 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,905 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Minneapolis · E-5 · $2,541/mo
Minneapolis $2,541/mo · $30,492/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.

Minneapolis — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,250 $1,689
E-2 $2,250 $1,689
E-3 $2,250 $1,689
E-4 $2,250 $1,689
E-5 $2,541 $1,905
E-6 $2,781 $2,082
E-7 $2,826 $2,262
E-8 $2,877 $2,595
E-9 $2,985 $2,655
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,796 $2,154
W-2 $2,847 $2,592
W-3 $2,913 $2,667
W-4 $3,015 $2,784
W-5 $3,144 $2,835
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,832 $2,538
O-2E $2,901 $2,640
O-3E $3,033 $2,769
Officer
O-1 $2,577 $1,953
O-2 $2,778 $2,445
O-3 $2,910 $2,688
O-4 $3,183 $2,820
O-5 $3,384 $2,844
O-6 $3,411 $2,889
O-7 $3,435 $2,937

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Dallas $2,469
Oxford $2,445
Birmingham $2,439
Fresno $2,439
Fairbanks $2,436
Port Angeles $2,436
Anniston $1,185

Minneapolis is #89 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 Minneapolis0 – $3,435 / month
E-1 $2,250
E-2 $2,250
E-3 $2,250
E-4 $2,250
E-5 $2,541
E-6 $2,781
E-7 $2,826
E-8 $2,877
E-9 $2,985
W-1 $2,796
W-2 $2,847
W-3 $2,913
W-4 $3,015
W-5 $3,144
O-1E $2,832
O-2E $2,901
O-3E $3,033
O-1 $2,577
O-2 $2,778
O-3 $2,910
O-4 $3,183
O-5 $3,384
O-6 $3,411
O-7 $3,435

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

Moving from Minneapolis to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,586 a month — about 11 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.