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 $2,049 Without $1,599

E-5 at Syracuse draws $2,049 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,599 without

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Syracuse, NY
E-5 · with dependents
$2,049/ month
$24,588 / year
At E-5, this is #173 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA NY223 · ZIPs 13020 13027 13028 13029 13030 13031 +80 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,627 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,599 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Syracuse · E-5 · $2,049/mo
Syracuse $2,049/mo · $24,588/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.

Syracuse — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,872 $1,452
E-2 $1,872 $1,452
E-3 $1,872 $1,452
E-4 $1,872 $1,452
E-5 $2,049 $1,599
E-6 $2,385 $1,788
E-7 $2,541 $1,905
E-8 $2,709 $2,121
E-9 $2,880 $2,214
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,406 $1,818
W-2 $2,610 $2,118
W-3 $2,817 $2,229
W-4 $2,901 $2,418
W-5 $3,009 $2,577
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,571 $2,046
O-2E $2,787 $2,193
O-3E $2,919 $2,376
Officer
O-1 $2,097 $1,689
O-2 $2,382 $1,995
O-3 $2,811 $2,262
O-4 $3,039 $2,547
O-5 $3,198 $2,640
O-6 $3,225 $2,796
O-7 $3,246 $2,844

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Omaha $2,085
Carlisle Barracks $2,076
Whidbey Island $2,073
Nellis AFB $2,070
Traverse City $2,070
County Cost Group 810 $2,064
Duluth $2,064
Eastern Panhandle $2,058
Provo $2,058
Astoria $2,055
Syracuse $2,049
Gainesville $2,040
Wilmington $2,040
Toledo $2,031
Salem $2,004
Barstow $2,001
Cleveland $1,998
Louisville $1,989
Chattanooga $1,986
El Centro $1,986
Kansas City $1,986
Anniston $1,185

Syracuse is #173 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 Syracuse0 – $3,246 / month
E-1 $1,872
E-2 $1,872
E-3 $1,872
E-4 $1,872
E-5 $2,049
E-6 $2,385
E-7 $2,541
E-8 $2,709
E-9 $2,880
W-1 $2,406
W-2 $2,610
W-3 $2,817
W-4 $2,901
W-5 $3,009
O-1E $2,571
O-2E $2,787
O-3E $2,919
O-1 $2,097
O-2 $2,382
O-3 $2,811
O-4 $3,039
O-5 $3,198
O-6 $3,225
O-7 $3,246

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

Moving from Syracuse to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,078 a month — about 9 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.