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 $1,194 Without $1,023

E-5 at Monroe draws $1,194 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,023 without

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Monroe, LA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,194/ month
$14,328 / year
At E-5, this is #336 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA LA371 · ZIPs 71201 71202 71203 71207 71209 71210 +23 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,531 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,023 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Monroe · E-5 · $1,194/mo
Monroe $1,194/mo · $14,328/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.

Monroe — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,143 $921
E-2 $1,143 $921
E-3 $1,143 $921
E-4 $1,143 $921
E-5 $1,194 $1,023
E-6 $1,629 $1,221
E-7 $1,665 $1,248
E-8 $1,704 $1,284
E-9 $1,779 $1,410
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,650 $1,239
W-2 $1,680 $1,281
W-3 $1,731 $1,428
W-4 $1,797 $1,632
W-5 $1,884 $1,671
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,668 $1,254
O-2E $1,719 $1,383
O-3E $1,812 $1,623
Officer
O-1 $1,251 $1,089
O-2 $1,626 $1,251
O-3 $1,728 $1,470
O-4 $1,908 $1,659
O-5 $2,040 $1,674
O-6 $2,055 $1,707
O-7 $2,064 $1,734

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Cannon AFB $1,365
Paducah $1,365
County Cost Group 560 $1,362
Lake Charles $1,356
County Cost Group 550 $1,353
County Cost Group 540 $1,344
County Cost Group 530 $1,338
Stevens Point $1,338
County Cost Group 520 $1,332
County Cost Group 510 $1,329
Fort Riley $1,314
Alexandria $1,290
Meridian $1,290
Fort Chaffee $1,263
Altus AFB $1,254
Fort Sill $1,233
Fort Polk $1,218
Vance AFB $1,200
Monroe $1,194
Youngstown $1,191
Anniston $1,185

Monroe is #336 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 Monroe0 – $2,064 / month
E-1 $1,143
E-2 $1,143
E-3 $1,143
E-4 $1,143
E-5 $1,194
E-6 $1,629
E-7 $1,665
E-8 $1,704
E-9 $1,779
W-1 $1,650
W-2 $1,680
W-3 $1,731
W-4 $1,797
W-5 $1,884
O-1E $1,668
O-2E $1,719
O-3E $1,812
O-1 $1,251
O-2 $1,626
O-3 $1,728
O-4 $1,908
O-5 $2,040
O-6 $2,055
O-7 $2,064

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

Moving from Monroe to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,933 a month — about 9 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.