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 $3,423 Without $2,763

E-5 at West Palm Beach draws $3,423 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,763 without

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West Palm Beach, FL
E-5 · with dependents
$3,423/ month
$41,076 / year
At E-5, this is #30 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA FL067 · ZIPs 33401 33402 33403 33404 33405 33406 +60 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,388 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,763 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare West Palm Beach · E-5 · $3,423/mo
West Palm Beach $3,423/mo · $41,076/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.

West Palm Beach — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $3,189 $2,409
E-2 $3,189 $2,409
E-3 $3,189 $2,409
E-4 $3,189 $2,409
E-5 $3,423 $2,763
E-6 $3,606 $2,976
E-7 $3,738 $3,198
E-8 $3,885 $3,465
E-9 $4,110 $3,510
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,624 $3,117
W-2 $3,798 $3,462
W-3 $3,981 $3,519
W-4 $4,155 $3,630
W-5 $4,371 $3,771
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,765 $3,420
O-2E $3,954 $3,498
O-3E $4,191 $3,594
Officer
O-1 $3,453 $2,952
O-2 $3,603 $3,348
O-3 $3,975 $3,534
O-4 $4,443 $3,741
O-5 $4,782 $3,822
O-6 $4,824 $3,960
O-7 $4,860 $4,029

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Honolulu County $3,663
Miami $3,660
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
Anniston $1,185

West Palm Beach is #30 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 West Palm Beach0 – $4,860 / month
E-1 $3,189
E-2 $3,189
E-3 $3,189
E-4 $3,189
E-5 $3,423
E-6 $3,606
E-7 $3,738
E-8 $3,885
E-9 $4,110
W-1 $3,624
W-2 $3,798
W-3 $3,981
W-4 $4,155
W-5 $4,371
O-1E $3,765
O-2E $3,954
O-3E $4,191
O-1 $3,453
O-2 $3,603
O-3 $3,975
O-4 $4,443
O-5 $4,782
O-6 $4,824
O-7 $4,860

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

Moving from West Palm Beach to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,704 a month — about 9 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.