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 $3,210 Without $2,409

E-5 at Sitka draws $3,210 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,409 without

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Sitka, AK
E-5 · with dependents
$3,210/ month
$38,520 / year
At E-5, this is #41 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA AK401 · ZIPs 99566 99573 99574 99586 99588 99677 +13 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,115 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,409 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Sitka · E-5 · $3,210/mo
Sitka $3,210/mo · $38,520/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.

Sitka — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,355 $1,767
E-2 $2,355 $1,767
E-3 $2,355 $1,767
E-4 $2,355 $1,767
E-5 $3,210 $2,409
E-6 $3,228 $2,421
E-7 $3,294 $2,472
E-8 $3,399 $2,550
E-9 $3,513 $2,775
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,231 $2,424
W-2 $3,336 $2,511
W-3 $3,465 $2,802
W-4 $3,531 $3,213
W-5 $3,618 $3,315
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,312 $2,484
O-2E $3,447 $2,715
O-3E $3,546 $3,189
Officer
O-1 $3,222 $2,418
O-2 $3,225 $2,475
O-3 $3,462 $2,886
O-4 $3,639 $3,294
O-5 $3,768 $3,348
O-6 $3,798 $3,444
O-7 $3,825 $3,504

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
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
Anniston $1,185

Sitka is #41 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 Sitka0 – $3,825 / month
E-1 $2,355
E-2 $2,355
E-3 $2,355
E-4 $2,355
E-5 $3,210
E-6 $3,228
E-7 $3,294
E-8 $3,399
E-9 $3,513
W-1 $3,231
W-2 $3,336
W-3 $3,465
W-4 $3,531
W-5 $3,618
O-1E $3,312
O-2E $3,447
O-3E $3,546
O-1 $3,222
O-2 $3,225
O-3 $3,462
O-4 $3,639
O-5 $3,768
O-6 $3,798
O-7 $3,825

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

Moving from Sitka to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,917 a month — about 107 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.