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 $3,066 Without $2,523

E-5 at Warrenton draws $3,066 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,523 without

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Warrenton, VA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,066/ month
$36,792 / year
At E-5, this is #51 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA VA302 · ZIPs 20101 20102 20103 20104 20105 20108 +51 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $3,931 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,523 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Warrenton · E-5 · $3,066/mo
Warrenton $3,066/mo · $36,792/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.

Warrenton — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,868 $2,253
E-2 $2,868 $2,253
E-3 $2,868 $2,253
E-4 $2,868 $2,253
E-5 $3,066 $2,523
E-6 $3,378 $2,688
E-7 $3,480 $2,877
E-8 $3,594 $3,132
E-9 $3,816 $3,219
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,396 $2,811
W-2 $3,528 $3,129
W-3 $3,669 $3,231
W-4 $3,873 $3,396
W-5 $4,122 $3,507
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,501 $3,063
O-2E $3,648 $3,198
O-3E $3,912 $3,369
Officer
O-1 $3,111 $2,670
O-2 $3,375 $3,003
O-3 $3,666 $3,261
O-4 $4,206 $3,480
O-5 $4,599 $3,543
O-6 $4,638 $3,648
O-7 $4,674 $3,711

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Providence $3,195
Manchester $3,177
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Seattle $3,135
Washington $3,132
Burlington $3,120
Fitchburg $3,093
New Haven $3,069
Warrenton $3,066
Beale AFB $2,967
Santa Fe $2,964
Quantico $2,955
Willow Grove $2,934
Annapolis $2,928
Worcester $2,919
Sacramento $2,904
Fort G. G. Meade $2,901
Hartford $2,901
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $2,874
Anniston $1,185

Warrenton is #51 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 Warrenton0 – $4,674 / month
E-1 $2,868
E-2 $2,868
E-3 $2,868
E-4 $2,868
E-5 $3,066
E-6 $3,378
E-7 $3,480
E-8 $3,594
E-9 $3,816
W-1 $3,396
W-2 $3,528
W-3 $3,669
W-4 $3,873
W-5 $4,122
O-1E $3,501
O-2E $3,648
O-3E $3,912
O-1 $3,111
O-2 $3,375
O-3 $3,666
O-4 $4,206
O-5 $4,599
O-6 $4,638
O-7 $4,674

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

Moving from Warrenton to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,061 a month — about 7 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.