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 $1,605 Without $1,524

E-5 at Mountain Home AFB draws $1,605 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,524 without

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Mountain Home AFB, ID
E-5 · with dependents
$1,605/ month
$19,260 / year
At E-5, this is #258 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ID086 · ZIPs 83623 83627 83633 83647 83648 83716
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,058 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,524 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Mountain Home AFB · E-5 · $1,605/mo
Mountain Home AFB $1,605/mo · $19,260/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.

Mountain Home AFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,563 $1,521
E-2 $1,563 $1,521
E-3 $1,563 $1,521
E-4 $1,563 $1,521
E-5 $1,605 $1,524
E-6 $2,187 $1,641
E-7 $2,238 $1,680
E-8 $2,292 $1,725
E-9 $2,418 $1,899
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,208 $1,656
W-2 $2,259 $1,722
W-3 $2,328 $1,920
W-4 $2,451 $2,196
W-5 $2,610 $2,250
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,244 $1,686
O-2E $2,316 $1,860
O-3E $2,478 $2,181
Officer
O-1 $1,680 $1,527
O-2 $2,181 $1,683
O-3 $2,325 $1,977
O-4 $2,658 $2,232
O-5 $2,901 $2,259
O-6 $2,925 $2,304
O-7 $2,943 $2,343

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Wright-Patterson AFB $1,650
Fort Knox $1,647
Oklahoma City $1,644
Morgantown $1,641
County Cost Group 750 $1,638
Tulsa $1,638
Topeka $1,626
St Mary And Terrebonne $1,620
Whiteman AFB $1,611
Malmstrom SFB $1,608
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Gulfport $1,602
Bismarck $1,596
Fallon NAS $1,596
County Cost Group 740 $1,590
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Anniston $1,185

Mountain Home AFB is #258 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 Mountain Home AFB0 – $2,943 / month
E-1 $1,563
E-2 $1,563
E-3 $1,563
E-4 $1,563
E-5 $1,605
E-6 $2,187
E-7 $2,238
E-8 $2,292
E-9 $2,418
W-1 $2,208
W-2 $2,259
W-3 $2,328
W-4 $2,451
W-5 $2,610
O-1E $2,244
O-2E $2,316
O-3E $2,478
O-1 $1,680
O-2 $2,181
O-3 $2,325
O-4 $2,658
O-5 $2,901
O-6 $2,925
O-7 $2,943

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

Moving from Mountain Home AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,522 a month — about 6 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.