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 Patuxent River draws $2,040 per month in 2026

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    Patuxent River, MD
    E-5 · without dependents
    $2,040/ month
    $24,480 / year
    At E-5, this is #90 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA MD135 · ZIPs 20606 20608 20609 20610 20615 20618 +36 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,615 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,406 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Patuxent River — full sheetTap 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
    PCS comparePatuxent River · E-5 · $2,040/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▼ CUT−$54−$648/yr · like −$831 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Bremerton$2,091
    Philadelphia$2,091
    Baltimore$2,079
    Ballston Spa$2,073
    Patuxent River$2,040
    County Cost Group 860$2,037
    Patrick SFB$2,037
    Charlottesville$2,034
    Hampden County$2,007
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Patuxent River is #90 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 Patuxent River0 – $2,796 / month
    E-1$1,890
    E-2$1,890
    E-3$1,890
    E-4$1,890
    E-5$2,040
    E-6$2,139
    E-7$2,271
    E-8$2,442
    E-9$2,469
    W-1$2,232
    W-2$2,439
    W-3$2,478
    W-4$2,556
    W-5$2,643
    O-1E$2,403
    O-2E$2,463
    O-3E$2,535
    O-1$2,127
    O-2$2,364
    O-3$2,490
    O-4$2,622
    O-5$2,670
    O-6$2,751
    O-7$2,796

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $99 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 Patuxent River to New York City at E-5 is worth $2,940 a month — about 30 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $99 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,040 a month of BAH takes more than $2,040 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.