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
    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 $1,824Without $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 loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA FL065 · ZIPs 32301 32302 32303 32304 32305 32306 +24 more
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    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
    Tallahassee — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareTallahassee · E-5 · $1,824/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$654+$7,848/yr · like +$10,062 of salary

    What this rate means

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

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $237 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Tallahassee to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,303 a month — about 14 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $237 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 12% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,824 a month of BAH takes more than $1,824 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.