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

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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 $1,980 Without $1,782

E-5 at Twenty Nine Palms MCB draws $1,980 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,782 without

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Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,980/ month
$23,760 / year
At E-5, this is #185 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA032 · ZIPs 92225 92234 92239 92240 92241 92242 +16 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,538 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,782 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Twenty Nine Palms MCB · E-5 · $1,980/mo
Twenty Nine Palms MCB $1,980/mo · $23,760/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.

Twenty Nine Palms MCB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,896 $1,755
E-2 $1,896 $1,755
E-3 $1,896 $1,755
E-4 $1,896 $1,755
E-5 $1,980 $1,782
E-6 $2,550 $1,914
E-7 $2,649 $1,986
E-8 $2,751 $2,097
E-9 $2,892 $2,265
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,571 $1,929
W-2 $2,688 $2,094
W-3 $2,817 $2,286
W-4 $2,919 $2,571
W-5 $3,051 $2,670
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,664 $1,998
O-2E $2,796 $2,229
O-3E $2,940 $2,544
Officer
O-1 $2,052 $1,809
O-2 $2,544 $1,989
O-3 $2,814 $2,343
O-4 $3,090 $2,646
O-5 $3,291 $2,703
O-6 $3,318 $2,796
O-7 $3,342 $2,841

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Rapid City $1,986
Twenty Nine Palms MCB $1,980
County Cost Group 800 $1,962
Battle Creek $1,959
Fort Wayne $1,947
Boise $1,926
Greenville $1,923
Yakima $1,923
Jackson $1,920
Roanoke $1,911
Rock Island $1,908
Bloomington $1,905
Anniston $1,185

Twenty Nine Palms MCB is #185 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 Twenty Nine Palms MCB0 – $3,342 / month
E-1 $1,896
E-2 $1,896
E-3 $1,896
E-4 $1,896
E-5 $1,980
E-6 $2,550
E-7 $2,649
E-8 $2,751
E-9 $2,892
W-1 $2,571
W-2 $2,688
W-3 $2,817
W-4 $2,919
W-5 $3,051
O-1E $2,664
O-2E $2,796
O-3E $2,940
O-1 $2,052
O-2 $2,544
O-3 $2,814
O-4 $3,090
O-5 $3,291
O-6 $3,318
O-7 $3,342

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

Moving from Twenty Nine Palms MCB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,147 a month — about 6 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.