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-2 without dependents at Pensacola draws $1,521 per month in 2026

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    Pensacola, FL
    E-2 · without dependents
    $1,521/ month
    $18,252 / year
    At E-2, this is #169 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA FL064 · ZIPs 32501 32502 32503 32504 32505 32506 +32 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,950 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,794 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Pensacola — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,794$1,521
    E-2$1,794$1,521
    E-3$1,794$1,521
    E-4$1,794$1,521
    E-5$1,863$1,644
    E-6$2,235$1,722
    E-7$2,256$1,791
    E-8$2,265$1,941
    E-9$2,304$2,046
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,253$1,782
    W-2$2,262$1,938
    W-3$2,274$2,061
    W-4$2,325$2,229
    W-5$2,427$2,241
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,259$1,860
    O-2E$2,268$2,022
    O-3E$2,340$2,226
    Officer
    O-1$1,914$1,719
    O-2$2,232$1,842
    O-3$2,271$2,097
    O-4$2,457$2,232
    O-5$2,610$2,244
    O-6$2,631$2,247
    O-7$2,646$2,259
    PCS comparePensacola · E-2 · $1,521/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$354+$4,248/yr · like +$5,446 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Detroit$1,527
    Cincinnati$1,524
    Houston$1,524
    Mountain Home AFB$1,521
    Pensacola$1,521
    Charlotte$1,518
    County Cost Group 810$1,518
    Helena$1,515
    Raleigh$1,515
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Pensacola is #169 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Pensacola0 – $2,259 / month
    E-1$1,521
    E-2$1,521
    E-3$1,521
    E-4$1,521
    E-5$1,644
    E-6$1,722
    E-7$1,791
    E-8$1,941
    E-9$2,046
    W-1$1,782
    W-2$1,938
    W-3$2,061
    W-4$2,229
    W-5$2,241
    O-1E$1,860
    O-2E$2,022
    O-3E$2,226
    O-1$1,719
    O-2$1,842
    O-3$2,097
    O-4$2,232
    O-5$2,244
    O-6$2,247
    O-7$2,259

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    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. $1,521 a month of BAH takes more than $1,521 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.