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 $1,377 Without $1,212

E-5 at Wichita draws $1,377 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,212 without

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Wichita/McConnell AFB, KS
E-5 · with dependents
$1,377/ month
$16,524 / year
At E-5, this is #314 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA KS101 · ZIPs 66842 67001 67002 67010 67012 67016 +58 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,765 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,212 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Wichita · E-5 · $1,377/mo
Wichita $1,377/mo · $16,524/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.

Wichita — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,320 $1,137
E-2 $1,320 $1,137
E-3 $1,320 $1,137
E-4 $1,320 $1,137
E-5 $1,377 $1,212
E-6 $1,689 $1,266
E-7 $1,779 $1,335
E-8 $1,878 $1,443
E-9 $2,022 $1,530
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,710 $1,317
W-2 $1,821 $1,440
W-3 $1,941 $1,545
W-4 $2,052 $1,707
W-5 $2,190 $1,800
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,797 $1,374
O-2E $1,923 $1,512
O-3E $2,073 $1,683
Officer
O-1 $1,422 $1,263
O-2 $1,686 $1,362
O-3 $1,938 $1,572
O-4 $2,232 $1,779
O-5 $2,445 $1,833
O-6 $2,463 $1,920
O-7 $2,478 $1,950

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Frankfort $1,410
Charleston $1,404
County Cost Group 600 $1,404
Columbus AFB $1,398
Hattiesburg $1,395
Sparta $1,395
County Cost Group 590 $1,392
Springfield $1,389
County Cost Group 580 $1,380
Columbia $1,377
Wichita $1,377
Albany $1,371
County Cost Group 570 $1,371
Cannon AFB $1,365
Paducah $1,365
County Cost Group 560 $1,362
Lake Charles $1,356
County Cost Group 550 $1,353
County Cost Group 540 $1,344
County Cost Group 530 $1,338
Stevens Point $1,338
Anniston $1,185

Wichita is #314 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 Wichita0 – $2,478 / month
E-1 $1,320
E-2 $1,320
E-3 $1,320
E-4 $1,320
E-5 $1,377
E-6 $1,689
E-7 $1,779
E-8 $1,878
E-9 $2,022
W-1 $1,710
W-2 $1,821
W-3 $1,941
W-4 $2,052
W-5 $2,190
O-1E $1,797
O-2E $1,923
O-3E $2,073
O-1 $1,422
O-2 $1,686
O-3 $1,938
O-4 $2,232
O-5 $2,445
O-6 $2,463
O-7 $2,478

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

Moving from Wichita to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,750 a month — about 12 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.