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
    WithWithout

    E-5 without dependents at Oxford draws $1,938 per month in 2026

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    Oxford, MD
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,938/ month
    $23,256 / year
    At E-5, this is #110 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA MD458 · ZIPs 21601 21607 21609 21610 21612 21613 +58 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,485 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,445 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Oxford — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,271$1,704
    E-2$2,271$1,704
    E-3$2,271$1,704
    E-4$2,271$1,704
    E-5$2,445$1,938
    E-6$2,814$2,112
    E-7$2,877$2,277
    E-8$2,943$2,523
    E-9$3,096$2,628
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,835$2,220
    W-2$2,904$2,520
    W-3$2,988$2,643
    W-4$3,135$2,823
    W-5$3,318$2,889
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,886$2,442
    O-2E$2,973$2,604
    O-3E$3,162$2,808
    Officer
    O-1$2,496$2,094
    O-2$2,811$2,391
    O-3$2,985$2,679
    O-4$3,378$2,871
    O-5$3,663$2,907
    O-6$3,693$2,964
    O-7$3,720$3,015
    PCS compareOxford · E-5 · $1,938/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$48+$576/yr · like +$738 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Ocala$1,944
    Bridgeport$1,941
    Charleston$1,941
    Dahlonega$1,938
    Oxford$1,938
    Portland$1,932
    Ann Arbor$1,920
    Norfolk$1,908
    Minneapolis$1,905
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Oxford is #110 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Oxford0 – $3,015 / month
    E-1$1,704
    E-2$1,704
    E-3$1,704
    E-4$1,704
    E-5$1,938
    E-6$2,112
    E-7$2,277
    E-8$2,523
    E-9$2,628
    W-1$2,220
    W-2$2,520
    W-3$2,643
    W-4$2,823
    W-5$2,889
    O-1E$2,442
    O-2E$2,604
    O-3E$2,808
    O-1$2,094
    O-2$2,391
    O-3$2,679
    O-4$2,871
    O-5$2,907
    O-6$2,964
    O-7$3,015

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $174 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 Oxford to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,042 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $174 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,938 a month of BAH takes more than $1,938 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.