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 $3,135 Without $2,625

E-5 at Seattle draws $3,135 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,625 without

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Seattle, WA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,135/ month
$37,620 / year
At E-5, this is #46 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA WA309 · ZIPs 98001 98002 98003 98004 98005 98006 +115 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,019 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,625 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Seattle · E-5 · $3,135/mo
Seattle $3,135/mo · $37,620/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.

Seattle — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,976 $2,271
E-2 $2,976 $2,271
E-3 $2,976 $2,271
E-4 $2,976 $2,271
E-5 $3,135 $2,625
E-6 $3,906 $2,931
E-7 $4,020 $3,015
E-8 $4,143 $3,291
E-9 $4,311 $3,525
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,927 $2,946
W-2 $4,071 $3,288
W-3 $4,221 $3,549
W-4 $4,347 $3,930
W-5 $4,503 $4,047
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $4,041 $3,132
O-2E $4,197 $3,471
O-3E $4,371 $3,900
Officer
O-1 $3,231 $2,814
O-2 $3,897 $3,087
O-3 $4,215 $3,627
O-4 $4,554 $4,020
O-5 $4,797 $4,086
O-6 $4,836 $4,200
O-7 $4,875 $4,275

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Seattle $3,135
Washington $3,132
Burlington $3,120
Fitchburg $3,093
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Anniston $1,185

Seattle is #46 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 Seattle0 – $4,875 / month
E-1 $2,976
E-2 $2,976
E-3 $2,976
E-4 $2,976
E-5 $3,135
E-6 $3,906
E-7 $4,020
E-8 $4,143
E-9 $4,311
W-1 $3,927
W-2 $4,071
W-3 $4,221
W-4 $4,347
W-5 $4,503
O-1E $4,041
O-2E $4,197
O-3E $4,371
O-1 $3,231
O-2 $3,897
O-3 $4,215
O-4 $4,554
O-5 $4,797
O-6 $4,836
O-7 $4,875

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

Moving from Seattle to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,992 a month — about 3 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.