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 $1,503 Without $1,290

E-5 at Sumter draws $1,503 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,290 without

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Sumter/Shaw AFB, SC
E-5 · with dependents
$1,503/ month
$18,036 / year
At E-5, this is #286 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA SC263 · ZIPs 29040 29062 29104 29125 29128 29150 +5 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,927 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,290 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Sumter · E-5 · $1,503/mo
Sumter $1,503/mo · $18,036/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.

Sumter — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,440 $1,149
E-2 $1,440 $1,149
E-3 $1,440 $1,149
E-4 $1,440 $1,149
E-5 $1,503 $1,290
E-6 $1,947 $1,461
E-7 $1,986 $1,491
E-8 $2,025 $1,596
E-9 $2,139 $1,725
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,968 $1,476
W-2 $2,001 $1,593
W-3 $2,055 $1,743
W-4 $2,169 $1,953
W-5 $2,316 $1,995
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,989 $1,500
O-2E $2,043 $1,695
O-3E $2,193 $1,941
Officer
O-1 $1,563 $1,374
O-2 $1,944 $1,494
O-3 $2,052 $1,785
O-4 $2,361 $1,980
O-5 $2,589 $1,998
O-6 $2,607 $2,031
O-7 $2,625 $2,064

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Lexington $1,536
Sault Ste Marie $1,536
Huntington $1,533
Springfield $1,527
Moody AFB $1,524
Seymour Johnson AFB $1,521
Beaumont $1,518
County Cost Group 710 $1,515
Brownsville $1,503
Saginaw $1,503
Sumter $1,503
County Cost Group 700 $1,497
Terre Haute $1,494
Wichita Fls $1,491
County Cost Group 690 $1,482
Fort Leonard Wood $1,479
Lubbock $1,476
County Cost Group 680 $1,470
Laughlin AFB $1,470
Erie $1,464
County Cost Group 670 $1,461
Anniston $1,185

Sumter is #286 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 Sumter0 – $2,625 / month
E-1 $1,440
E-2 $1,440
E-3 $1,440
E-4 $1,440
E-5 $1,503
E-6 $1,947
E-7 $1,986
E-8 $2,025
E-9 $2,139
W-1 $1,968
W-2 $2,001
W-3 $2,055
W-4 $2,169
W-5 $2,316
O-1E $1,989
O-2E $2,043
O-3E $2,193
O-1 $1,563
O-2 $1,944
O-3 $2,052
O-4 $2,361
O-5 $2,589
O-6 $2,607
O-7 $2,625

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

Moving from Sumter to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,624 a month — about 8 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.