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 $2,847 Without $2,361

E-5 at Newport draws $2,847 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,361 without

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Newport, RI
E-5 · with dependents
$2,847/ month
$34,164 / year
At E-5, this is #65 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA RI256 · ZIPs 02702 02717 02719 02720 02721 02723 +27 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,650 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,361 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Newport · E-5 · $2,847/mo
Newport $2,847/mo · $34,164/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.

Newport — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,685 $2,073
E-2 $2,685 $2,073
E-3 $2,685 $2,073
E-4 $2,685 $2,073
E-5 $2,847 $2,361
E-6 $3,447 $2,586
E-7 $3,702 $2,778
E-8 $3,972 $2,979
E-9 $4,230 $3,174
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,474 $2,637
W-2 $3,813 $2,967
W-3 $4,146 $3,177
W-4 $4,260 $3,507
W-5 $4,404 $3,762
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,753 $2,844
O-2E $4,098 $3,111
O-3E $4,284 $3,441
Officer
O-1 $2,925 $2,517
O-2 $3,441 $2,796
O-3 $4,137 $3,231
O-4 $4,446 $3,717
O-5 $4,668 $3,873
O-6 $4,707 $4,125
O-7 $4,743 $4,200

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901
Hartford $2,901
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,874
Ketchikan $2,868
Kodiak Island $2,865
County Cost Group 880 $2,850
Newport $2,847
Denver $2,841
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst $2,823
Boulder $2,754
Cape May $2,754
Everett $2,748
Tampa $2,709
Fort Myers Beach $2,694
Fort Pierce $2,691
Philadelphia $2,691
Fort Detrick $2,682
Anniston $1,185

Newport is #65 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 Newport0 – $4,743 / month
E-1 $2,685
E-2 $2,685
E-3 $2,685
E-4 $2,685
E-5 $2,847
E-6 $3,447
E-7 $3,702
E-8 $3,972
E-9 $4,230
W-1 $3,474
W-2 $3,813
W-3 $4,146
W-4 $4,260
W-5 $4,404
O-1E $3,753
O-2E $4,098
O-3E $4,284
O-1 $2,925
O-2 $3,441
O-3 $4,137
O-4 $4,446
O-5 $4,668
O-6 $4,707
O-7 $4,743

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

Moving from Newport to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,280 a month — about 4 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.