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 $3,351 Without $2,670

E-5 at Riverside draws $3,351 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,670 without

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Riverside, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,351/ month
$40,212 / year
At E-5, this is #34 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA041 · ZIPs 91752 92201 92202 92203 92210 92211 +85 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,296 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,670 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Riverside · E-5 · $3,351/mo
Riverside $3,351/mo · $40,212/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.

Riverside — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $3,096 $2,364
E-2 $3,096 $2,364
E-3 $3,096 $2,364
E-4 $3,096 $2,364
E-5 $3,351 $2,670
E-6 $3,549 $2,865
E-7 $3,603 $3,105
E-8 $3,663 $3,396
E-9 $3,753 $3,444
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,564 $3,015
W-2 $3,627 $3,393
W-3 $3,708 $3,453
W-4 $3,768 $3,552
W-5 $3,855 $3,615
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,612 $3,348
O-2E $3,693 $3,435
O-3E $3,783 $3,537
Officer
O-1 $3,384 $2,835
O-2 $3,546 $3,270
O-3 $3,705 $3,471
O-4 $3,876 $3,597
O-5 $4,002 $3,627
O-6 $4,035 $3,684
O-7 $4,065 $3,747

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Ventura $3,537
Essex CO $3,477
West Point $3,468
Monterey $3,465
Trenton $3,465
Chicago $3,438
West Palm Beach $3,423
Perth Amboy $3,393
Vallejo $3,369
Juneau $3,354
Riverside $3,351
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
Manchester $3,177
Anniston $1,185

Riverside is #34 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 Riverside0 – $4,065 / month
E-1 $3,096
E-2 $3,096
E-3 $3,096
E-4 $3,096
E-5 $3,351
E-6 $3,549
E-7 $3,603
E-8 $3,663
E-9 $3,753
W-1 $3,564
W-2 $3,627
W-3 $3,708
W-4 $3,768
W-5 $3,855
O-1E $3,612
O-2E $3,693
O-3E $3,783
O-1 $3,384
O-2 $3,546
O-3 $3,705
O-4 $3,876
O-5 $4,002
O-6 $4,035
O-7 $4,065

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

Moving from Riverside to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,776 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.