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 $2,097 Without $1,788

E-5 at Myrtle Beach draws $2,097 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,788 without

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Myrtle Beach, SC
E-5 · with dependents
$2,097/ month
$25,164 / year
At E-5, this is #160 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA SC262 · ZIPs 29440 29442 29510 29511 29519 29526 +32 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,688 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,788 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Myrtle Beach · E-5 · $2,097/mo
Myrtle Beach $2,097/mo · $25,164/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.

Myrtle Beach — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,989 $1,647
E-2 $1,989 $1,647
E-3 $1,989 $1,647
E-4 $1,989 $1,647
E-5 $2,097 $1,788
E-6 $2,361 $1,881
E-7 $2,418 $1,989
E-8 $2,481 $2,157
E-9 $2,598 $2,226
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,379 $1,962
W-2 $2,445 $2,154
W-3 $2,526 $2,238
W-4 $2,625 $2,370
W-5 $2,751 $2,433
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,427 $2,094
O-2E $2,511 $2,211
O-3E $2,643 $2,352
Officer
O-1 $2,136 $1,875
O-2 $2,358 $2,064
O-3 $2,523 $2,262
O-4 $2,787 $2,415
O-5 $2,982 $2,445
O-6 $3,006 $2,502
O-7 $3,027 $2,544

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Memphis $2,154
Grand Rapids $2,148
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Whidbey Island $2,073
Nellis AFB $2,070
Traverse City $2,070
County Cost Group 810 $2,064
Duluth $2,064
Eastern Panhandle $2,058
Anniston $1,185

Myrtle Beach is #160 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 Myrtle Beach0 – $3,027 / month
E-1 $1,989
E-2 $1,989
E-3 $1,989
E-4 $1,989
E-5 $2,097
E-6 $2,361
E-7 $2,418
E-8 $2,481
E-9 $2,598
W-1 $2,379
W-2 $2,445
W-3 $2,526
W-4 $2,625
W-5 $2,751
O-1E $2,427
O-2E $2,511
O-3E $2,643
O-1 $2,136
O-2 $2,358
O-3 $2,523
O-4 $2,787
O-5 $2,982
O-6 $3,006
O-7 $3,027

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

Moving from Myrtle Beach to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,030 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.