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
    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 $1,905Without $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 #197 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA LA116 · ZIPs 39520 39522 39529 39572 39576 70001 +125 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    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
    New Orleans — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareNew Orleans · E-5 · $1,905/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$573+$6,876/yr · like +$8,815 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    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
    Anniston$1,185

    New Orleans is #197 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

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $468 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from New Orleans to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,222 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $468 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 20% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,905 a month of BAH takes more than $1,905 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.