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 $2,130 Without $1,671

E-5 at Salt Lake City draws $2,130 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,671 without

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Salt Lake City, UT
E-5 · with dependents
$2,130/ month
$25,560 / year
At E-5, this is #154 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA UT292 · ZIPs 84006 84009 84010 84014 84020 84029 +69 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,731 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,671 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Salt Lake City · E-5 · $2,130/mo
Salt Lake City $2,130/mo · $25,560/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.

Salt Lake City — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,944 $1,536
E-2 $1,944 $1,536
E-3 $1,944 $1,536
E-4 $1,944 $1,536
E-5 $2,130 $1,671
E-6 $2,358 $1,773
E-7 $2,496 $1,950
E-8 $2,649 $2,181
E-9 $2,802 $2,241
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,376 $1,887
W-2 $2,559 $2,178
W-3 $2,748 $2,250
W-4 $2,823 $2,385
W-5 $2,922 $2,529
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,523 $2,127
O-2E $2,718 $2,226
O-3E $2,838 $2,349
Officer
O-1 $2,166 $1,752
O-2 $2,355 $2,070
O-3 $2,742 $2,271
O-4 $2,946 $2,502
O-5 $3,096 $2,586
O-6 $3,120 $2,727
O-7 $3,141 $2,772

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Memphis $2,154
Grand Rapids $2,148
Lemoore NAS $2,139
Kings Bay $2,133
Salt Lake City $2,130
Eastern Shore $2,121
Durham $2,118
Fort Worth $2,118
Ogden $2,118
Rome $2,109
Myrtle Beach $2,097
Raleigh $2,091
Bridgeport $2,085
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Anniston $1,185

Salt Lake City is #154 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 Salt Lake City0 – $3,141 / month
E-1 $1,944
E-2 $1,944
E-3 $1,944
E-4 $1,944
E-5 $2,130
E-6 $2,358
E-7 $2,496
E-8 $2,649
E-9 $2,802
W-1 $2,376
W-2 $2,559
W-3 $2,748
W-4 $2,823
W-5 $2,922
O-1E $2,523
O-2E $2,718
O-3E $2,838
O-1 $2,166
O-2 $2,355
O-3 $2,742
O-4 $2,946
O-5 $3,096
O-6 $3,120
O-7 $3,141

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

Moving from Salt Lake City to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,997 a month — about 13 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.