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 $1,845 Without $1,452

E-5 at Shreveport draws $1,845 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,452 without

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Shreveport/Barksdale AFB, LA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,845/ month
$22,140 / year
At E-5, this is #213 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA LA117 · ZIPs 71004 71006 71007 71009 71029 71033 +52 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,365 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,452 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Shreveport · E-5 · $1,845/mo
Shreveport $1,845/mo · $22,140/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.

Shreveport — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,701 $1,281
E-2 $1,701 $1,281
E-3 $1,701 $1,281
E-4 $1,701 $1,281
E-5 $1,845 $1,452
E-6 $2,028 $1,566
E-7 $2,112 $1,704
E-8 $2,208 $1,887
E-9 $2,352 $1,932
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,043 $1,662
W-2 $2,151 $1,884
W-3 $2,271 $1,941
W-4 $2,382 $2,040
W-5 $2,520 $2,133
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,127 $1,842
O-2E $2,250 $1,920
O-3E $2,403 $2,016
Officer
O-1 $1,875 $1,551
O-2 $2,025 $1,800
O-3 $2,268 $1,956
O-4 $2,562 $2,112
O-5 $2,778 $2,163
O-6 $2,799 $2,247
O-7 $2,817 $2,283

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Columbia $1,878
Baton Rouge $1,875
Columbus $1,875
Indianapolis $1,875
Lexington $1,875
Abilene $1,872
San Antonio (JBSA) $1,869
Pensacola $1,863
Morehead $1,851
Little Rock $1,848
Shreveport $1,845
Humboldt County $1,827
Tallahassee $1,824
Marquette $1,821
County Cost Group 780 $1,815
Fort Campbell $1,815
Fort Leavenworth $1,815
Fort Bliss $1,809
Greensboro $1,809
Fort Bragg $1,806
Lansing $1,806
Anniston $1,185

Shreveport is #213 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 Shreveport0 – $2,817 / month
E-1 $1,701
E-2 $1,701
E-3 $1,701
E-4 $1,701
E-5 $1,845
E-6 $2,028
E-7 $2,112
E-8 $2,208
E-9 $2,352
W-1 $2,043
W-2 $2,151
W-3 $2,271
W-4 $2,382
W-5 $2,520
O-1E $2,127
O-2E $2,250
O-3E $2,403
O-1 $1,875
O-2 $2,025
O-3 $2,268
O-4 $2,562
O-5 $2,778
O-6 $2,799
O-7 $2,817

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

Moving from Shreveport to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,282 a month — about 18 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.