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 $1,824 Without $1,626

E-5 at Tallahassee draws $1,824 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,626 without

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Tallahassee, FL
E-5 · with dependents
$1,824/ month
$21,888 / year
At E-5, this is #215 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA FL065 · ZIPs 32301 32302 32303 32304 32305 32306 +24 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,338 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,626 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Tallahassee · E-5 · $1,824/mo
Tallahassee $1,824/mo · $21,888/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.

Tallahassee — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,779 $1,443
E-2 $1,779 $1,443
E-3 $1,779 $1,443
E-4 $1,779 $1,443
E-5 $1,824 $1,626
E-6 $2,061 $1,734
E-7 $2,250 $1,782
E-8 $2,454 $1,878
E-9 $2,670 $2,004
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,082 $1,779
W-2 $2,334 $1,875
W-3 $2,586 $2,007
W-4 $2,700 $2,100
W-5 $2,838 $2,295
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,286 $1,821
O-2E $2,550 $1,926
O-3E $2,721 $2,052
Officer
O-1 $1,860 $1,731
O-2 $2,058 $1,815
O-3 $2,580 $2,010
O-4 $2,883 $2,259
O-5 $3,099 $2,376
O-6 $3,123 $2,565
O-7 $3,144 $2,610

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Robins AFB $1,800
Huntsville $1,797
Anniston $1,185

Tallahassee is #215 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 Tallahassee0 – $3,144 / month
E-1 $1,779
E-2 $1,779
E-3 $1,779
E-4 $1,779
E-5 $1,824
E-6 $2,061
E-7 $2,250
E-8 $2,454
E-9 $2,670
W-1 $2,082
W-2 $2,334
W-3 $2,586
W-4 $2,700
W-5 $2,838
O-1E $2,286
O-2E $2,550
O-3E $2,721
O-1 $1,860
O-2 $2,058
O-3 $2,580
O-4 $2,883
O-5 $3,099
O-6 $3,123
O-7 $3,144

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

Moving from Tallahassee to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,303 a month — about 14 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.