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 $4,344 Without $3,798

E-5 at Nantucket draws $4,344 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,798 without

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Nantucket, MA
E-5 · with dependents
$4,344/ month
$52,128 / year
At E-5, this is #8 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MA119 · ZIPs 02554 02564 02584
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $5,569 / mo gross
Without dependents here $3,798 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Nantucket · E-5 · $4,344/mo
Nantucket $4,344/mo · $52,128/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.

Nantucket — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $4,218 $3,231
E-2 $4,218 $3,231
E-3 $4,218 $3,231
E-4 $4,218 $3,231
E-5 $4,344 $3,798
E-6 $5,127 $4,101
E-7 $5,241 $4,221
E-8 $5,364 $4,500
E-9 $5,682 $4,737
Warrant officer
W-1 $5,148 $4,188
W-2 $5,292 $4,497
W-3 $5,445 $4,764
W-4 $5,772 $5,151
W-5 $6,165 $5,268
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $5,262 $4,341
O-2E $5,421 $4,686
O-3E $5,832 $5,121
Officer
O-1 $4,440 $4,089
O-2 $5,115 $4,305
O-3 $5,442 $4,842
O-4 $6,306 $5,244
O-5 $6,933 $5,310
O-6 $6,993 $5,424
O-7 $7,053 $5,523

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
New York City $5,070
Boston $4,791
Northern New Jersey $4,749
Santa Clara County $4,659
Westchester County $4,479
Long Island $4,425
Nantucket $4,344
Maui County $4,329
Hanscom AFB $4,188
Martha's Vineyard $3,984
San Diego $3,975
Florida Keys $3,969
Camp Pendleton $3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth $3,924
Los Angeles $3,882
Kauai County $3,798
Oakland $3,759
Staten Island $3,735
Honolulu County $3,663
Miami $3,660
Anniston $1,185

Nantucket is #8 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 Nantucket0 – $7,053 / month
E-1 $4,218
E-2 $4,218
E-3 $4,218
E-4 $4,218
E-5 $4,344
E-6 $5,127
E-7 $5,241
E-8 $5,364
E-9 $5,682
W-1 $5,148
W-2 $5,292
W-3 $5,445
W-4 $5,772
W-5 $6,165
O-1E $5,262
O-2E $5,421
O-3E $5,832
O-1 $4,440
O-2 $5,115
O-3 $5,442
O-4 $6,306
O-5 $6,933
O-6 $6,993
O-7 $7,053

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

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.