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 $1,626 Without $1,302

E-5 at Topeka draws $1,626 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,302 without

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Topeka, KS
E-5 · with dependents
$1,626/ month
$19,512 / year
At E-5, this is #254 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA KS105 · ZIPs 66402 66409 66420 66533 66539 66542 +32 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,085 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,302 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Topeka · E-5 · $1,626/mo
Topeka $1,626/mo · $19,512/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.

Topeka — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,503 $1,185
E-2 $1,503 $1,185
E-3 $1,503 $1,185
E-4 $1,503 $1,185
E-5 $1,626 $1,302
E-6 $1,869 $1,398
E-7 $1,938 $1,506
E-8 $2,016 $1,680
E-9 $2,154 $1,743
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,884 $1,473
W-2 $1,968 $1,677
W-3 $2,067 $1,755
W-4 $2,187 $1,878
W-5 $2,337 $1,953
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,950 $1,623
O-2E $2,049 $1,728
O-3E $2,211 $1,857
Officer
O-1 $1,662 $1,377
O-2 $1,866 $1,590
O-3 $2,064 $1,776
O-4 $2,385 $1,935
O-5 $2,619 $1,974
O-6 $2,637 $2,043
O-7 $2,655 $2,076

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
County Cost Group 760 $1,686
Montgomery $1,683
Fort Drum $1,665
Cheyenne $1,653
Wright-Patterson AFB $1,650
Fort Knox $1,647
Oklahoma City $1,644
Morgantown $1,641
County Cost Group 750 $1,638
Tulsa $1,638
Topeka $1,626
St Mary And Terrebonne $1,620
Whiteman AFB $1,611
Malmstrom SFB $1,608
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Gulfport $1,602
Bismarck $1,596
Fallon NAS $1,596
County Cost Group 740 $1,590
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Anniston $1,185

Topeka is #254 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 Topeka0 – $2,655 / month
E-1 $1,503
E-2 $1,503
E-3 $1,503
E-4 $1,503
E-5 $1,626
E-6 $1,869
E-7 $1,938
E-8 $2,016
E-9 $2,154
W-1 $1,884
W-2 $1,968
W-3 $2,067
W-4 $2,187
W-5 $2,337
O-1E $1,950
O-2E $2,049
O-3E $2,211
O-1 $1,662
O-2 $1,866
O-3 $2,064
O-4 $2,385
O-5 $2,619
O-6 $2,637
O-7 $2,655

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

Moving from Topeka to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,501 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.