Military BAHRATES

2026 Basic Allowance for Housing

BAH rates for your duty station and rank

Type your base, duty-station city or ZIP code. Every 2026 rate for all 24 pay grades, with and without dependents, from DTMO's own tables.

for an

Fort Bragg

ZIP 28310 · NC182 · Fort Bragg/Pope, NC

$1,806/mo

E-5 · with dependents · 2026

$21,672 a year · +1.2% vs 2025

Without dependents: $1,527/mo

Every grade at Fort Bragg →

Popular bases · E-5 with dependents

+4.1%
Average change
2026 vs 2025, all areas
$2,118
Median E-5
with dependents, 299 areas
$5,127
Highest E-5
San Francisco, CA
$1,185
Lowest E-5
Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL

Where E-5 BAH is highest and lowest

Monthly, with dependents, among 127 major installations.

See all 127 bases →
#BaseE-5 withWithout
1Hanscom AFBAir Force · MA
$4,188
$3,516
2MCAS MiramarMarine Corps · CA
$3,975
$3,147
3Naval Base San DiegoNavy · CA
$3,975
$3,147
4Naval Base CoronadoNavy · CA
$3,975
$3,147
5NAS Key WestNavy · FL
$3,969
$3,459
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127Vance AFBAir Force · OK
$1,200
$1,065
126Fort PolkArmy · LA
$1,218
$1,128
125Fort SillArmy · OK
$1,233
$1,092
124Altus AFBAir Force · OK
$1,254
$1,032
123NAS MeridianNavy · MS
$1,290
$1,062

Browse the rate tables

Every page lists all 24 pay grades with and without dependents.

Bases

BAH by base

Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force and joint bases, each tied to its housing area.

  • Air Force 46
  • Army 29
  • Navy 25
  • Joint 12
  • Marine Corps 10
  • Space Force 5
127 basesFind your base → Duty stations

Every housing area

299 military housing areas plus 39 rural county cost groups. E-5 rates, one tick per area:

$1,185$5,127$2,118 median E-5Browse by state → Pay grades

BAH by rank

Median rate for each grade, E-1 to O-7+. E-5 highlighted.

Pick your grade → 2025 → 2026

What changed

Rates rose in 266 areas and fell in 31. Areas by change:

Biggest moves →

How it works and where the numbers come from

Sources and checks →
  1. 01

    Your ZIP sets the area

    DTMO maps every one of 40,959 ZIP codes to a military housing area or a rural county cost group.

    Defense Travel Management Office · ZIP-to-MHA file 2026
  2. 02

    Grade and dependents set the rate

    Each area has 48 monthly rates: 24 pay grades, with or without dependents. They reset every 1 January.

    DTMO · BAH rate files 2022–2026
  3. 03

    Checked against DTMO

    16,224 of 16,224 rates match DTMO's separately published Excel tables.

    Methodology and checks