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 $3,369 Without $2,664

E-5 at Vallejo draws $3,369 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,664 without

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Vallejo/Travis AFB, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,369/ month
$40,428 / year
At E-5, this is #32 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA036 · ZIPs 94503 94508 94510 94512 94515 94533 +24 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,319 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,664 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Vallejo · E-5 · $3,369/mo
Vallejo $3,369/mo · $40,428/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.

Vallejo — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $3,090 $2,412
E-2 $3,090 $2,412
E-3 $3,090 $2,412
E-4 $3,090 $2,412
E-5 $3,369 $2,664
E-6 $3,498 $2,838
E-7 $3,516 $3,099
E-8 $3,525 $3,402
E-9 $3,597 $3,426
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,513 $2,997
W-2 $3,522 $3,399
W-3 $3,540 $3,435
W-4 $3,621 $3,489
W-5 $3,729 $3,510
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,519 $3,366
O-2E $3,531 $3,420
O-3E $3,636 $3,486
Officer
O-1 $3,393 $2,805
O-2 $3,495 $3,279
O-3 $3,537 $3,444
O-4 $3,762 $3,498
O-5 $3,927 $3,513
O-6 $3,960 $3,516
O-7 $3,987 $3,576

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Hawaii County $3,594
Fort Monmouth $3,549
Ventura $3,537
Essex CO $3,477
West Point $3,468
Monterey $3,465
Trenton $3,465
Chicago $3,438
West Palm Beach $3,423
Perth Amboy $3,393
Vallejo $3,369
Juneau $3,354
Riverside $3,351
Vandenberg SFB $3,333
Portsmouth $3,321
Marin $3,303
San Bernardino $3,288
Portland $3,252
Indian Head Navordsta $3,249
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Anniston $1,185

Vallejo is #32 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 Vallejo0 – $3,987 / month
E-1 $3,090
E-2 $3,090
E-3 $3,090
E-4 $3,090
E-5 $3,369
E-6 $3,498
E-7 $3,516
E-8 $3,525
E-9 $3,597
W-1 $3,513
W-2 $3,522
W-3 $3,540
W-4 $3,621
W-5 $3,729
O-1E $3,519
O-2E $3,531
O-3E $3,636
O-1 $3,393
O-2 $3,495
O-3 $3,537
O-4 $3,762
O-5 $3,927
O-6 $3,960
O-7 $3,987

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

Moving from Vallejo to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,758 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.