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 $1,905 Without $1,581

E-5 at New Orleans draws $1,905 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,581 without

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New Orleans, LA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,905/ month
$22,860 / year
At E-5, this is #195 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA LA116 · ZIPs 39520 39522 39529 39572 39576 70001 +125 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,442 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,581 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare New Orleans · E-5 · $1,905/mo
New Orleans $1,905/mo · $22,860/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 Orleans — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,779 $1,473
E-2 $1,779 $1,473
E-3 $1,779 $1,473
E-4 $1,779 $1,473
E-5 $1,905 $1,581
E-6 $2,373 $1,779
E-7 $2,439 $1,830
E-8 $2,508 $2,004
E-9 $2,634 $2,139
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,394 $1,797
W-2 $2,466 $2,001
W-3 $2,556 $2,157
W-4 $2,664 $2,385
W-5 $2,805 $2,454
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,448 $1,902
O-2E $2,541 $2,109
O-3E $2,688 $2,367
Officer
O-1 $1,968 $1,650
O-2 $2,370 $1,866
O-3 $2,553 $2,202
O-4 $2,847 $2,436
O-5 $3,060 $2,472
O-6 $3,084 $2,532
O-7 $3,105 $2,574

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Battle Creek $1,959
Fort Wayne $1,947
Boise $1,926
Greenville $1,923
Yakima $1,923
Jackson $1,920
Roanoke $1,911
Rock Island $1,908
Bloomington $1,905
Davis-Monthan AFB $1,905
New Orleans $1,905
Bangor $1,893
County Cost Group 790 $1,890
Fort Gordon $1,890
Helena $1,887
Mobile $1,887
Columbia $1,878
Baton Rouge $1,875
Columbus $1,875
Indianapolis $1,875
Lexington $1,875
Anniston $1,185

New Orleans is #195 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 Orleans0 – $3,105 / month
E-1 $1,779
E-2 $1,779
E-3 $1,779
E-4 $1,779
E-5 $1,905
E-6 $2,373
E-7 $2,439
E-8 $2,508
E-9 $2,634
W-1 $2,394
W-2 $2,466
W-3 $2,556
W-4 $2,664
W-5 $2,805
O-1E $2,448
O-2E $2,541
O-3E $2,688
O-1 $1,968
O-2 $2,370
O-3 $2,553
O-4 $2,847
O-5 $3,060
O-6 $3,084
O-7 $3,105

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

Moving from New Orleans to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,222 a month — about 7 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.