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 Fort Benning draws $1,482 per month in 2026

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    Fort Benning, GA
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,482/ month
    $17,784 / year
    At E-5, this is #13 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $3,147 · low Fort Riley $1,158
    MHA GA075 · ZIPs 31905 31907 31909
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,900 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,716 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Renamed back from Fort Moore for 2026. Orders from 2023–25 may still say Moore.

    Fort Benning — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,635$1,362
    E-2$1,635$1,362
    E-3$1,635$1,362
    E-4$1,635$1,362
    E-5$1,716$1,482
    E-6$1,977$1,557
    E-7$2,004$1,635
    E-8$2,037$1,773
    E-9$2,121$1,842
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,995$1,623
    W-2$2,016$1,770
    W-3$2,061$1,854
    W-4$2,148$1,977
    W-5$2,262$2,010
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,007$1,713
    O-2E$2,049$1,827
    O-3E$2,166$1,968
    Officer
    O-1$1,755$1,554
    O-2$1,974$1,692
    O-3$2,058$1,878
    O-4$2,295$1,998
    O-5$2,469$2,013
    O-6$2,487$2,034
    O-7$2,502$2,067
    PCS compareFort Benning · E-5 · $1,482/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,527/mo · $18,324/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$45+$540/yr · like +$692 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, every station0 – $3,147 / month
    San Diego$3,147
    Camp Pendleton$3,093
    Honolulu County$2,856
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,157
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,121
    Fort Stewart$1,947
    Norfolk$1,908
    Fort Carson$1,860
    Fort Campbell$1,593
    Fort Hood$1,530
    Fort Bragg$1,527
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,500
    Fort Benning$1,482
    Camp Lejeune$1,476
    Fort Bliss$1,437
    Fort Drum$1,422
    Fort Riley$1,158

    Fort Benning is #13 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $1,989 a month — $23,868 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Benning0 – $2,067 / month
    E-1$1,362
    E-2$1,362
    E-3$1,362
    E-4$1,362
    E-5$1,482
    E-6$1,557
    E-7$1,635
    E-8$1,773
    E-9$1,842
    W-1$1,623
    W-2$1,770
    W-3$1,854
    W-4$1,977
    W-5$2,010
    O-1E$1,713
    O-2E$1,827
    O-3E$1,968
    O-1$1,554
    O-2$1,692
    O-3$1,878
    O-4$1,998
    O-5$2,013
    O-6$2,034
    O-7$2,067

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $75 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 Fort Benning to San Diego at E-5 is worth $1,665 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $1,482 a month of BAH takes more than $1,482 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.