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 $2,559Without $2,043

    E-6 at Norfolk draws $2,559 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,043 without

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    Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA
    E-6 · with dependents
    $2,559/ month
    $30,708 / year
    At E-6, this is #129 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA VA298 · ZIPs 23320 23321 23322 23323 23324 23325 +61 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,281 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,043 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Norfolk — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,229$1,707
    E-2$2,229$1,707
    E-3$2,229$1,707
    E-4$2,229$1,707
    E-5$2,430$1,908
    E-6$2,559$2,043
    E-7$2,604$2,235
    E-8$2,661$2,463
    E-9$2,796$2,487
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,574$2,166
    W-2$2,628$2,460
    W-3$2,697$2,496
    W-4$2,832$2,562
    W-5$3,000$2,616
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,613$2,427
    O-2E$2,685$2,481
    O-3E$2,859$2,547
    Officer
    O-1$2,454$2,022
    O-2$2,556$2,367
    O-3$2,694$2,505
    O-4$3,054$2,601
    O-5$3,318$2,625
    O-6$3,342$2,673
    O-7$3,366$2,718
    PCS compareNorfolk · E-6 · $2,559/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$183+$2,196/yr · like +$2,815 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Detroit$2,583
    County Cost Group 830$2,580
    Asheville$2,571
    Elizabeth City$2,562
    Norfolk$2,559
    Brunswick$2,556
    Buffalo$2,553
    Spokane$2,553
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,550
    Youngstown$1,335

    Norfolk is #129 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Norfolk0 – $3,366 / month
    E-1$2,229
    E-2$2,229
    E-3$2,229
    E-4$2,229
    E-5$2,430
    E-6$2,559
    E-7$2,604
    E-8$2,661
    E-9$2,796
    W-1$2,574
    W-2$2,628
    W-3$2,697
    W-4$2,832
    W-5$3,000
    O-1E$2,613
    O-2E$2,685
    O-3E$2,859
    O-1$2,454
    O-2$2,556
    O-3$2,694
    O-4$3,054
    O-5$3,318
    O-6$3,342
    O-7$3,366

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $45 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 Norfolk to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,895 a month — about 64 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,559 a month of BAH takes more than $2,559 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.