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 $1,365Without $1,143

    E-5 at Paducah draws $1,365 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,143 without

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    Paducah, KY
    E-5 · with dependents
    $1,365/ month
    $16,380 / year
    At E-5, this is #319 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA KY430 · ZIPs 42001 42002 42003 42053 42086
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,750 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,143 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Paducah — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,293$1,029
    E-2$1,293$1,029
    E-3$1,293$1,029
    E-4$1,293$1,029
    E-5$1,365$1,143
    E-6$1,875$1,407
    E-7$1,932$1,449
    E-8$1,992$1,494
    E-9$2,136$1,623
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,896$1,422
    W-2$1,956$1,470
    W-3$2,034$1,641
    W-4$2,175$1,884
    W-5$2,355$1,944
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,941$1,455
    O-2E$2,019$1,587
    O-3E$2,205$1,869
    Officer
    O-1$1,434$1,215
    O-2$1,872$1,452
    O-3$2,031$1,689
    O-4$2,415$1,929
    O-5$2,694$2,022
    O-6$2,712$2,034
    O-7$2,730$2,049
    PCS comparePaducah · E-5 · $1,365/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,113+$13,356/yr · like +$17,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    Wichita$1,377
    Albany$1,371
    County Cost Group 570$1,371
    Cannon AFB$1,365
    Paducah$1,365
    County Cost Group 560$1,362
    Lake Charles$1,356
    County Cost Group 550$1,353
    County Cost Group 540$1,344
    Anniston$1,185

    Paducah is #319 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 Paducah0 – $2,730 / month
    E-1$1,293
    E-2$1,293
    E-3$1,293
    E-4$1,293
    E-5$1,365
    E-6$1,875
    E-7$1,932
    E-8$1,992
    E-9$2,136
    W-1$1,896
    W-2$1,956
    W-3$2,034
    W-4$2,175
    W-5$2,355
    O-1E$1,941
    O-2E$2,019
    O-3E$2,205
    O-1$1,434
    O-2$1,872
    O-3$2,031
    O-4$2,415
    O-5$2,694
    O-6$2,712
    O-7$2,730

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $510 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 Paducah to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,762 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $510 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $1,365 a month of BAH takes more than $1,365 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.