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 $2,379 Without $1,932

E-5 at Portland draws $2,379 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,932 without

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Portland, OR
E-5 · with dependents
$2,379/ month
$28,548 / year
At E-5, this is #113 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA OR243 · ZIPs 97003 97004 97005 97006 97007 97008 +129 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,050 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,932 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Portland · E-5 · $2,379/mo
Portland $2,379/mo · $28,548/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.

Portland — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,193 $1,821
E-2 $2,193 $1,821
E-3 $2,193 $1,821
E-4 $2,193 $1,821
E-5 $2,379 $1,932
E-6 $2,751 $2,064
E-7 $2,853 $2,199
E-8 $2,961 $2,460
E-9 $3,138 $2,565
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,772 $2,139
W-2 $2,898 $2,457
W-3 $3,033 $2,580
W-4 $3,180 $2,772
W-5 $3,360 $2,877
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,871 $2,376
O-2E $3,012 $2,541
O-3E $3,207 $2,745
Officer
O-1 $2,430 $2,004
O-2 $2,748 $2,322
O-3 $3,030 $2,616
O-4 $3,420 $2,853
O-5 $3,702 $2,913
O-6 $3,732 $3,012
O-7 $3,759 $3,063

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
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
Anniston $1,185

Portland is #113 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 – $3,759 / month
E-1 $2,193
E-2 $2,193
E-3 $2,193
E-4 $2,193
E-5 $2,379
E-6 $2,751
E-7 $2,853
E-8 $2,961
E-9 $3,138
W-1 $2,772
W-2 $2,898
W-3 $3,033
W-4 $3,180
W-5 $3,360
O-1E $2,871
O-2E $3,012
O-3E $3,207
O-1 $2,430
O-2 $2,748
O-3 $3,030
O-4 $3,420
O-5 $3,702
O-6 $3,732
O-7 $3,759

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

Moving from Portland to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,748 a month — about 7 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.