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 $1,650 Without $1,341

E-5 at Wright-Patterson AFB draws $1,650 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,341 without

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Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
E-5 · with dependents
$1,650/ month
$19,800 / year
At E-5, this is #248 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA OH231 · ZIPs 43010 45301 45305 45307 45309 45314 +73 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,115 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,341 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Wright-Patterson AFB · E-5 · $1,650/mo
Wright-Patterson AFB $1,650/mo · $19,800/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.

Wright-Patterson AFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,533 $1,224
E-2 $1,533 $1,224
E-3 $1,533 $1,224
E-4 $1,533 $1,224
E-5 $1,650 $1,341
E-6 $1,851 $1,422
E-7 $1,938 $1,536
E-8 $2,037 $1,695
E-9 $2,196 $1,746
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,866 $1,506
W-2 $1,977 $1,692
W-3 $2,100 $1,755
W-4 $2,232 $1,863
W-5 $2,397 $1,959
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,953 $1,647
O-2E $2,082 $1,734
O-3E $2,259 $1,839
Officer
O-1 $1,683 $1,413
O-2 $1,848 $1,614
O-3 $2,097 $1,773
O-4 $2,448 $1,938
O-5 $2,703 $2,028
O-6 $2,724 $2,079
O-7 $2,742 $2,112

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
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
Fort Drum $1,665
Cheyenne $1,653
Wright-Patterson AFB $1,650
Fort Knox $1,647
Oklahoma City $1,644
Morgantown $1,641
County Cost Group 750 $1,638
Tulsa $1,638
Topeka $1,626
St Mary And Terrebonne $1,620
Whiteman AFB $1,611
Malmstrom SFB $1,608
Mountain Home AFB $1,605
Anniston $1,185

Wright-Patterson AFB is #248 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 Wright-Patterson AFB0 – $2,742 / month
E-1 $1,533
E-2 $1,533
E-3 $1,533
E-4 $1,533
E-5 $1,650
E-6 $1,851
E-7 $1,938
E-8 $2,037
E-9 $2,196
W-1 $1,866
W-2 $1,977
W-3 $2,100
W-4 $2,232
W-5 $2,397
O-1E $1,953
O-2E $2,082
O-3E $2,259
O-1 $1,683
O-2 $1,848
O-3 $2,097
O-4 $2,448
O-5 $2,703
O-6 $2,724
O-7 $2,742

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

Moving from Wright-Patterson AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,477 a month — about 17 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.