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
    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
    WithWithout

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

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    Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,341/ month
    $16,092 / year
    At E-5, this is #258 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA OH231 · ZIPs 43010 45301 45305 45307 45309 45314 +73 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,719 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,650 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Wright-Patterson AFB — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareWright-Patterson AFB · E-5 · $1,341/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$645+$7,740/yr · like +$9,923 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Des Moines$1,359
    Lansing$1,356
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,356
    Fort Huachuca$1,347
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,341
    Yuma$1,338
    County Cost Group 750$1,332
    Champaign$1,329
    Erie$1,329
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Wright-Patterson AFB is #258 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Wright-Patterson AFB0 – $2,112 / month
    E-1$1,224
    E-2$1,224
    E-3$1,224
    E-4$1,224
    E-5$1,341
    E-6$1,422
    E-7$1,536
    E-8$1,695
    E-9$1,746
    W-1$1,506
    W-2$1,692
    W-3$1,755
    W-4$1,863
    W-5$1,959
    O-1E$1,647
    O-2E$1,734
    O-3E$1,839
    O-1$1,413
    O-2$1,614
    O-3$1,773
    O-4$1,938
    O-5$2,028
    O-6$2,079
    O-7$2,112

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $81 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Wright-Patterson AFB to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,639 a month — about 45 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,341 a month of BAH takes more than $1,341 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.