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 $3,069 Without $2,673

E-5 at New Haven draws $3,069 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,673 without

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New Haven/Fairfield, CT
E-5 · with dependents
$3,069/ month
$36,828 / year
At E-5, this is #50 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CT051 · ZIPs 06011 06401 06403 06404 06405 06408 +183 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,935 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,673 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare New Haven · E-5 · $3,069/mo
New Haven $3,069/mo · $36,828/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.

New Haven — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,955 $2,361
E-2 $2,955 $2,361
E-3 $2,955 $2,361
E-4 $2,955 $2,361
E-5 $3,069 $2,673
E-6 $3,723 $2,847
E-7 $3,768 $2,958
E-8 $3,813 $3,201
E-9 $3,963 $3,396
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,744 $2,928
W-2 $3,786 $3,198
W-3 $3,846 $3,420
W-4 $4,005 $3,729
W-5 $4,206 $3,774
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,771 $3,066
O-2E $3,834 $3,354
O-3E $4,038 $3,717
Officer
O-1 $3,150 $2,841
O-2 $3,714 $3,036
O-3 $3,843 $3,483
O-4 $4,275 $3,759
O-5 $4,590 $3,780
O-6 $4,629 $3,822
O-7 $4,665 $3,888

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Indian Head Navordsta $3,249
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Providence $3,195
Manchester $3,177
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Seattle $3,135
Washington $3,132
Burlington $3,120
Fitchburg $3,093
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901
Hartford $2,901
Anniston $1,185

New Haven is #50 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 New Haven0 – $4,665 / month
E-1 $2,955
E-2 $2,955
E-3 $2,955
E-4 $2,955
E-5 $3,069
E-6 $3,723
E-7 $3,768
E-8 $3,813
E-9 $3,963
W-1 $3,744
W-2 $3,786
W-3 $3,846
W-4 $4,005
W-5 $4,206
O-1E $3,771
O-2E $3,834
O-3E $4,038
O-1 $3,150
O-2 $3,714
O-3 $3,843
O-4 $4,275
O-5 $4,590
O-6 $4,629
O-7 $4,665

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

Moving from New Haven to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,058 a month — about 3 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.