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

Press Enter to look it up.

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 $2,283 Without $1,725

E-5 at Pittsburgh draws $2,283 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,725 without

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Pittsburgh, PA
E-5 · with dependents
$2,283/ month
$27,396 / year
At E-5, this is #126 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA PA250 · ZIPs 15001 15003 15004 15005 15006 15007 +334 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,927 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,725 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Pittsburgh · E-5 · $2,283/mo
Pittsburgh $2,283/mo · $27,396/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.

Pittsburgh — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,067 $1,551
E-2 $2,067 $1,551
E-3 $2,067 $1,551
E-4 $2,067 $1,551
E-5 $2,283 $1,725
E-6 $2,604 $1,953
E-7 $2,628 $2,076
E-8 $2,637 $2,352
E-9 $2,742 $2,442
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,625 $2,001
W-2 $2,634 $2,349
W-3 $2,646 $2,454
W-4 $2,790 $2,601
W-5 $3,003 $2,610
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,631 $2,280
O-2E $2,640 $2,421
O-3E $2,823 $2,598
Officer
O-1 $2,328 $1,848
O-2 $2,601 $2,214
O-3 $2,643 $2,484
O-4 $3,075 $2,604
O-5 $3,408 $2,613
O-6 $3,435 $2,616
O-7 $3,459 $2,637

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Bremerton $2,364
Detroit $2,361
Fort Carson $2,358
Richmond $2,358
County Cost Group 840 $2,322
Dahlgren $2,313
Fort Stewart $2,310
Phoenix $2,289
Volusia County $2,286
Cincinnati $2,283
Pittsburgh $2,283
Dover AFB $2,277
Hampton $2,274
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Anniston $1,185

Pittsburgh is #126 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 Pittsburgh0 – $3,459 / month
E-1 $2,067
E-2 $2,067
E-3 $2,067
E-4 $2,067
E-5 $2,283
E-6 $2,604
E-7 $2,628
E-8 $2,637
E-9 $2,742
W-1 $2,625
W-2 $2,634
W-3 $2,646
W-4 $2,790
W-5 $3,003
O-1E $2,631
O-2E $2,640
O-3E $2,823
O-1 $2,328
O-2 $2,601
O-3 $2,643
O-4 $3,075
O-5 $3,408
O-6 $3,435
O-7 $3,459

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

Moving from Pittsburgh to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,844 a month — about 9 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.