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 $2,406 Without $2,040

E-5 at Patuxent River draws $2,406 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,040 without

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Patuxent River, MD
E-5 · with dependents
$2,406/ month
$28,872 / year
At E-5, this is #106 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MD135 · ZIPs 20606 20608 20609 20610 20615 20618 +36 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,085 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,040 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Patuxent River · E-5 · $2,406/mo
Patuxent River $2,406/mo · $28,872/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.

Patuxent River — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,268 $1,890
E-2 $2,268 $1,890
E-3 $2,268 $1,890
E-4 $2,268 $1,890
E-5 $2,406 $2,040
E-6 $2,547 $2,139
E-7 $2,625 $2,271
E-8 $2,712 $2,442
E-9 $2,856 $2,469
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,562 $2,232
W-2 $2,661 $2,439
W-3 $2,772 $2,478
W-4 $2,886 $2,556
W-5 $3,033 $2,643
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,637 $2,403
O-2E $2,754 $2,463
O-3E $2,910 $2,535
Officer
O-1 $2,433 $2,127
O-2 $2,544 $2,364
O-3 $2,769 $2,490
O-4 $3,075 $2,622
O-5 $3,300 $2,670
O-6 $3,327 $2,751
O-7 $3,348 $2,796

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Birmingham $2,439
Fresno $2,439
Fairbanks $2,436
Port Angeles $2,436
St. Louis $2,436
Eglin AFB $2,433
Norfolk $2,430
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,427
Savannah $2,415
County Cost Group 850 $2,409
Patuxent River $2,406
Beaufort $2,403
Reno $2,391
Atlanta $2,388
Corvallis $2,388
Hampden County $2,388
Charleston $2,385
Portland $2,379
Allentown $2,373
Charlottesville $2,373
Ocala $2,370
Anniston $1,185

Patuxent River is #106 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 Patuxent River0 – $3,348 / month
E-1 $2,268
E-2 $2,268
E-3 $2,268
E-4 $2,268
E-5 $2,406
E-6 $2,547
E-7 $2,625
E-8 $2,712
E-9 $2,856
W-1 $2,562
W-2 $2,661
W-3 $2,772
W-4 $2,886
W-5 $3,033
O-1E $2,637
O-2E $2,754
O-3E $2,910
O-1 $2,433
O-2 $2,544
O-3 $2,769
O-4 $3,075
O-5 $3,300
O-6 $3,327
O-7 $3,348

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

Moving from Patuxent River to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,721 a month — about 19 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.