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 $1,911 Without $1,470

E-5 at Roanoke draws $1,911 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,470 without

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Roanoke, VA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,911/ month
$22,932 / year
At E-5, this is #193 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA VA362 · ZIPs 24001 24002 24003 24004 24005 24006 +46 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,450 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,470 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Roanoke · E-5 · $1,911/mo
Roanoke $1,911/mo · $22,932/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.

Roanoke — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,743 $1,308
E-2 $1,743 $1,308
E-3 $1,743 $1,308
E-4 $1,743 $1,308
E-5 $1,911 $1,470
E-6 $2,079 $1,584
E-7 $2,157 $1,746
E-8 $2,244 $1,953
E-9 $2,379 $1,989
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,094 $1,695
W-2 $2,193 $1,950
W-3 $2,304 $1,998
W-4 $2,409 $2,091
W-5 $2,541 $2,175
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,172 $1,908
O-2E $2,286 $1,980
O-3E $2,430 $2,067
Officer
O-1 $1,941 $1,569
O-2 $2,076 $1,860
O-3 $2,301 $2,013
O-4 $2,583 $2,154
O-5 $2,787 $2,202
O-6 $2,808 $2,280
O-7 $2,826 $2,319

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Kansas City $1,986
Rapid City $1,986
Twenty Nine Palms MCB $1,980
County Cost Group 800 $1,962
Battle Creek $1,959
Fort Wayne $1,947
Boise $1,926
Greenville $1,923
Yakima $1,923
Jackson $1,920
Roanoke $1,911
Rock Island $1,908
Bloomington $1,905
Davis-Monthan AFB $1,905
New Orleans $1,905
Bangor $1,893
County Cost Group 790 $1,890
Fort Gordon $1,890
Helena $1,887
Mobile $1,887
Columbia $1,878
Anniston $1,185

Roanoke is #193 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 Roanoke0 – $2,826 / month
E-1 $1,743
E-2 $1,743
E-3 $1,743
E-4 $1,743
E-5 $1,911
E-6 $2,079
E-7 $2,157
E-8 $2,244
E-9 $2,379
W-1 $2,094
W-2 $2,193
W-3 $2,304
W-4 $2,409
W-5 $2,541
O-1E $2,172
O-2E $2,286
O-3E $2,430
O-1 $1,941
O-2 $2,076
O-3 $2,301
O-4 $2,583
O-5 $2,787
O-6 $2,808
O-7 $2,826

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

Moving from Roanoke to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,216 a month — about 19 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.