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 $1,740 Without $1,488

E-5 at Wilkes-Barre draws $1,740 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,488 without

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA
E-5 · with dependents
$1,740/ month
$20,880 / year
At E-5, this is #235 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA PA254 · ZIPs 18058 18201 18202 18216 18219 18221 +109 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,231 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,488 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Wilkes-Barre · E-5 · $1,740/mo
Wilkes-Barre $1,740/mo · $20,880/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.

Wilkes-Barre — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,677 $1,272
E-2 $1,677 $1,272
E-3 $1,677 $1,272
E-4 $1,677 $1,272
E-5 $1,740 $1,488
E-6 $1,887 $1,614
E-7 $1,956 $1,674
E-8 $2,034 $1,776
E-9 $2,181 $1,806
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,902 $1,668
W-2 $1,986 $1,773
W-3 $2,088 $1,815
W-4 $2,214 $1,893
W-5 $2,376 $1,971
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,965 $1,737
O-2E $2,070 $1,800
O-3E $2,241 $1,875
Officer
O-1 $1,767 $1,611
O-2 $1,884 $1,722
O-3 $2,085 $1,827
O-4 $2,427 $1,953
O-5 $2,676 $2,007
O-6 $2,697 $2,064
O-7 $2,712 $2,097

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Huntsville $1,797
State College $1,791
Corpus Christi $1,788
Lincoln $1,788
Fayetteville $1,782
Coos Bay $1,779
Des Moines $1,770
College Station $1,758
Waco $1,755
County Cost Group 770 $1,752
Wilkes-Barre $1,740
Grand Forks $1,731
Fort Huachuca $1,719
Fort Benning $1,716
Auburn $1,707
Fargo $1,707
White Sands MR $1,701
Fort Hood $1,695
Yuma $1,695
County Cost Group 760 $1,686
Montgomery $1,683
Anniston $1,185

Wilkes-Barre is #235 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 Wilkes-Barre0 – $2,712 / month
E-1 $1,677
E-2 $1,677
E-3 $1,677
E-4 $1,677
E-5 $1,740
E-6 $1,887
E-7 $1,956
E-8 $2,034
E-9 $2,181
W-1 $1,902
W-2 $1,986
W-3 $2,088
W-4 $2,214
W-5 $2,376
O-1E $1,965
O-2E $2,070
O-3E $2,241
O-1 $1,767
O-2 $1,884
O-3 $2,085
O-4 $2,427
O-5 $2,676
O-6 $2,697
O-7 $2,712

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

Moving from Wilkes-Barre to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,387 a month — about 23 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.