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 with dependents at Portland draws $3,252 per month in 2026

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    Portland, ME
    E-5 · with dependents
    $3,252/ month
    $39,024 / year
    At E-5, this is #39 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA ME139 · ZIPs 04009 04013 04015 04017 04019 04021 +38 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,169 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,703 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Portland — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,087$2,316
    E-2$3,087$2,316
    E-3$3,087$2,316
    E-4$3,087$2,316
    E-5$3,252$2,703
    E-6$3,576$2,934
    E-7$3,825$3,090
    E-8$4,098$3,321
    E-9$4,425$3,411
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,597$3,039
    W-2$3,936$3,318
    W-3$4,272$3,423
    W-4$4,482$3,630
    W-5$4,740$3,888
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,876$3,249
    O-2E$4,221$3,390
    O-3E$4,524$3,567
    Officer
    O-1$3,297$2,916
    O-2$3,573$3,201
    O-3$4,260$3,456
    O-4$4,830$3,843
    O-5$5,235$3,996
    O-6$5,280$4,251
    O-7$5,322$4,329
    PCS comparePortland · E-5 · $3,252/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▼ CUT−$774−$9,288/yr · like −$11,908 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    Vandenberg SFB$3,333
    Portsmouth$3,321
    Marin$3,303
    San Bernardino$3,288
    Portland$3,252
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,249
    Sitka$3,210
    San Luis Obispo$3,198
    Providence$3,195
    Anniston$1,185

    Portland is #39 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 Portland0 – $5,322 / month
    E-1$3,087
    E-2$3,087
    E-3$3,087
    E-4$3,087
    E-5$3,252
    E-6$3,576
    E-7$3,825
    E-8$4,098
    E-9$4,425
    W-1$3,597
    W-2$3,936
    W-3$4,272
    W-4$4,482
    W-5$4,740
    O-1E$3,876
    O-2E$4,221
    O-3E$4,524
    O-1$3,297
    O-2$3,573
    O-3$4,260
    O-4$4,830
    O-5$5,235
    O-6$5,280
    O-7$5,322

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $324 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 Portland to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,875 a month — about 6 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $324 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $3,252 a month of BAH takes more than $3,252 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.