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    E-5 BAH Rates — E-5 (Sergeant)

    2026 Basic Allowance for Housing rates for E-5 (Sergeant) at every military duty station.

    Avg w/ Dependents

    $2,289

    Avg w/o Dependents

    $1,870

    Highest

    $5,127

    San Francisco, CA

    Lowest

    $1,185

    Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL

    E-4 RatesAll RanksE-6 Rates
    LocationWith Dep.Without Dep.
    San Francisco, CA$5,127$4,086
    New York City, NY$5,070$4,980
    Boston, MA$4,791$3,615
    Northern New Jersey, NJ$4,749$3,561
    Santa Clara County, CA$4,659$3,798
    Westchester County, NY$4,479$3,606
    Long Island, NY$4,425$3,600
    Nantucket, MA$4,344$3,798
    Maui County, HI$4,329$3,246
    Hanscom Afb, MA$4,188$3,516
    Martha'S Vineyard, MA$3,984$3,096
    San Diego, CA$3,975$3,147
    Florida Keys, FL$3,969$3,459
    Camp Pendleton, CA$3,963$3,093
    Cape Cod-Plymouth, MA$3,924$3,285
    Los Angeles, CA$3,882$3,048
    Kauai County, HI$3,798$3,162
    Oakland, CA$3,759$3,000
    Staten Island, NY$3,735$3,192
    Honolulu County, HI$3,663$2,856
    Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL$3,660$3,048
    Hawaii County, HI$3,594$3,042
    Fort Monmouth/Earle Nws, NJ$3,549$2,940
    Ventura, CA$3,537$3,018
    Essex Co, MA$3,477$2,910
    West Point, NY$3,468$2,859
    Monterey, CA$3,465$2,844
    Trenton, NJ$3,465$2,760
    Chicago, IL$3,438$2,736
    West Palm Beach, FL$3,423$2,763
    Perth Amboy, NJ$3,393$3,045
    Vallejo/Travis Afb, CA$3,369$2,664
    Juneau, AK$3,354$2,517
    Riverside, CA$3,351$2,670
    Vandenberg Sfb, CA$3,333$2,778
    Portsmouth, NH$3,321$2,700
    Marin/Sonoma, CA$3,303$2,967
    San Bernardino, CA$3,288$2,466
    Portland, ME$3,252$2,703
    Indian Head Navordsta, MD$3,249$2,904
    Sitka, AK$3,210$2,409
    San Luis Obispo, CA$3,198$2,679
    Providence, RI$3,195$2,682
    Manchester/Concord, NH$3,177$2,613
    Seattle, WA$3,135$2,625
    Washington, DC$3,132$2,832
    Burlington, VT$3,120$2,427
    Fitchburg, MA$3,093$2,763
    New Haven/Fairfield, CT$3,069$2,673
    Warrenton, VA$3,066$2,523
    Beale Afb, CA$2,967$2,367
    Santa Fe/Los Alamos, NM$2,964$2,223
    Quantico/Woodbridge, VA$2,955$2,361
    Willow Grove, PA$2,934$2,337
    Annapolis, MD$2,928$2,475
    Worcester, MA$2,919$2,523
    Sacramento, CA$2,904$2,190
    Hartford, CT$2,901$2,274
    Fort G. G. Meade, MD$2,901$2,436
    Anchorage, AK$2,874$2,157
    Ketchikan, AK$2,868$2,151
    Kodiak Island, AK$2,865$2,148
    Newport, RI$2,847$2,361
    Denver, CO$2,841$2,148
    Jb Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ$2,823$2,421
    Boulder, CO$2,754$2,238
    Cape May, NJ$2,754$2,172
    Everett, WA$2,748$2,277
    Tampa, FL$2,709$2,187
    Fort Myers Beach, FL$2,694$2,295
    Fort Pierce, FL$2,691$2,193
    Philadelphia, PA$2,691$2,091
    Fort Detrick, MD$2,682$2,160
    Edwards Afb/Palmdale, CA$2,658$2,148
    Orlando, FL$2,658$2,103
    Atlantic City, NJ$2,655$2,298
    Madison, WI$2,655$1,995
    Ballston Spa/Albany, NY$2,634$2,073
    Baltimore, MD$2,610$2,079
    Milwaukee, WI$2,607$1,965
    Outer Banks, NC$2,604$2,142
    New London, CT$2,580$2,148
    Ann Arbor, MI$2,559$1,920
    Tacoma, WA$2,556$2,121
    Stockton, CA$2,553$2,187
    Minneapolis/St Paul, MN$2,541$1,905
    Elizabeth City, NC$2,508$1,980
    Patrick Sfb, FL$2,502$2,037
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD$2,478$1,986
    Dallas, TX$2,469$1,851
    Oxford, MD$2,445$1,938
    Birmingham, AL$2,439$1,878
    Fresno, CA$2,439$1,842
    Fairbanks, AK$2,436$1,827
    St. Louis, MO$2,436$1,947
    Port Angeles, WA$2,436$1,827
    Eglin Afb, FL$2,433$2,157
    Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA$2,430$1,908
    Great Lakes Navtracen, IL$2,427$1,854
    Savannah, GA$2,415$1,968
    Patuxent River, MD$2,406$2,040
    Beaufort/Parris Island, SC$2,403$2,103
    Reno/Carson City, NV$2,391$1,851
    Atlanta, GA$2,388$1,995
    Hampden County, MA$2,388$2,007
    Corvallis, OR$2,388$1,791
    Charleston, SC$2,385$1,941
    Portland, OR$2,379$1,932
    Allentown/Bethlehem, PA$2,373$2,001
    Charlottesville, VA$2,373$2,034
    Ocala, FL$2,370$1,944
    Bremerton, WA$2,364$2,091
    Detroit, MI$2,361$1,770
    Colorado Springs, CO$2,358$1,860
    Richmond/Fort Lee, VA$2,358$1,866
    Fort Stewart, GA$2,310$1,947
    Phoenix, AZ$2,289$1,740
    Volusia County, FL$2,286$1,833
    Cincinnati, OH$2,283$1,713
    Pittsburgh, PA$2,283$1,725
    Dover Afb/Rehoboth, DE$2,277$1,947
    Hampton/Newport News, VA$2,274$1,779
    Fort Collins, CO$2,268$1,812
    Nashville, TN$2,268$1,869
    Austin, TX$2,241$1,731
    Asheville, NC$2,214$1,773
    Buffalo, NY$2,214$1,791
    Rochester, NY$2,214$1,662
    Albuquerque/Kirtland Afb, NM$2,211$1,689
    Dahlonega, GA$2,208$1,938
    Brunswick, ME$2,205$1,893
    Coastal Maine, ME$2,193$1,770
    Houston, TX$2,193$1,665
    Eugene, OR$2,187$1,827
    Knoxville, TN$2,184$1,809
    Spokane, WA$2,184$1,665
    Jacksonville, FL$2,181$1,803
    Grand Haven, MI$2,181$1,740
    Charlotte, NC$2,169$1,719
    Panama City, FL$2,163$1,863
    Memphis, TN$2,154$1,719
    Grand Rapids, MI$2,148$1,635
    Lemoore Nas, CA$2,139$1,680
    Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA$2,133$1,806
    Salt Lake City, UT$2,130$1,671
    Eastern Shore, MD$2,121$1,761
    Durham/Chapel Hill, NC$2,118$1,770
    Fort Worth, TX$2,118$1,656
    Ogden/Hill Afb, UT$2,118$1,668
    Rome/Griffiss Afb, NY$2,109$1,614
    Myrtle Beach, SC$2,097$1,788
    Raleigh, NC$2,091$1,695
    Bridgeport, CA$2,085$1,941
    Omaha/Offutt Afb, NE$2,085$1,587
    Carlisle Barracks, PA$2,076$1,617
    Whidbey Island, WA$2,073$1,905
    Traverse City, MI$2,070$1,896
    Nellis Afb/Las Vegas, NV$2,070$1,737
    Duluth, MN$2,064$1,653
    Provo, UT$2,058$1,719
    Eastern Panhandle, WV$2,058$1,677
    Astoria, OR$2,055$1,713
    Syracuse, NY$2,049$1,599
    Gainesville, FL$2,040$1,800
    Wilmington, NC$2,040$1,701
    Toledo, OH$2,031$1,524
    Salem, OR$2,004$1,635
    Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA$2,001$1,695
    Cleveland, OH$1,998$1,500
    Louisville, KY$1,989$1,533
    El Centro, CA$1,986$1,704
    Kansas City, MO$1,986$1,596
    Rapid City/Ellsworth Afb, SD$1,986$1,545
    Chattanooga, TN$1,986$1,629
    Twenty Nine Palms Mcb, CA$1,980$1,782
    Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI$1,959$1,470
    Fort Wayne, IN$1,947$1,503
    Boise, ID$1,926$1,686
    Greenville, SC$1,923$1,551
    Yakima, WA$1,923$1,458
    Jackson, MS$1,920$1,608
    Roanoke, VA$1,911$1,470
    Rock Island, IL$1,908$1,476
    Davis-Monthan Afb, AZ$1,905$1,428
    Bloomington, IN$1,905$1,482
    New Orleans, LA$1,905$1,581
    Bangor, ME$1,893$1,443
    Fort Gordon, AL$1,890$1,644
    Mobile, AL$1,887$1,473
    Helena, MT$1,887$1,572
    Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC$1,878$1,647
    Indianapolis, IN$1,875$1,533
    Lexington, KY$1,875$1,440
    Baton Rouge, LA$1,875$1,557
    Columbus, OH$1,875$1,587
    San Antonio, TX$1,869$1,500
    Pensacola, FL$1,863$1,644
    Morehead/Cherry Pt Mcas, NC$1,851$1,722
    Little Rock, AR$1,848$1,548
    Shreveport/Barksdale Afb, LA$1,845$1,452
    Humboldt County, CA$1,827$1,587
    Tallahassee, FL$1,824$1,626
    Marquette, MI$1,821$1,365
    Fort Leavenworth, KS$1,815$1,569
    Fort Campbell, KY$1,815$1,593
    Greensboro, NC$1,809$1,440
    El Paso, TX$1,809$1,437
    Lansing, MI$1,806$1,356
    Fort Bragg/Pope, NC$1,806$1,527
    Robins Afb, GA$1,800$1,491
    Huntsville, AL$1,797$1,443
    State College, PA$1,791$1,443
    Lincoln, NE$1,788$1,428
    Corpus Christi, TX$1,788$1,413
    Fayetteville, AR$1,782$1,437
    Coos Bay, OR$1,779$1,428
    Des Moines, IA$1,770$1,359
    College Station, TX$1,758$1,485
    Waco, TX$1,755$1,440
    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA$1,740$1,488
    Grand Forks, ND$1,731$1,299
    Fort Huachuca, AZ$1,719$1,347
    Fort Benning, GA$1,716$1,482
    Auburn, AL$1,707$1,473
    Fargo, ND$1,707$1,281
    White Sands Mr/Las Cruces, NM$1,701$1,275
    Yuma, AZ$1,695$1,338
    Fort Hood, TX$1,695$1,530
    Montgomery, AL$1,683$1,431
    Fort Drum/Watertown, NY$1,665$1,422
    Cheyenne, WY$1,653$1,326
    Wright-Patterson Afb, OH$1,650$1,341
    Fort Knox, KY$1,647$1,443
    Oklahoma City, OK$1,644$1,365
    Morgantown, WV$1,641$1,230
    Tulsa, OK$1,638$1,365
    Topeka, KS$1,626$1,302
    St Mary And Terrebonne, LA$1,620$1,356
    Whiteman Afb, MO$1,611$1,215
    Malmstrom Sfb/Great Falls, MT$1,608$1,392
    Mountain Home Afb, ID$1,605$1,524
    Gulfport, MS$1,602$1,365
    Bismarck, ND$1,596$1,287
    Fallon Nas, NV$1,596$1,455
    Holloman Afb/Alamogordo, NM$1,590$1,197
    Lafayette, LA$1,584$1,245
    Camp Lejeune, NC$1,584$1,476
    Akron, OH$1,581$1,383
    Goodfellow Afb, TX$1,578$1,230
    Fort Rucker, AL$1,572$1,251
    Peoria, IL$1,572$1,311
    China Lake, CA$1,563$1,428
    Sioux Falls, SD$1,554$1,224
    Abilene/Dyess Afb, TX$1,554$1,287
    Minot Afb, ND$1,548$1,260
    Johnson City/Kingsport, TN$1,548$1,287
    Scott Afb, IL$1,542$1,422
    Champaign/Urbana, IL$1,539$1,329
    Sault Ste Marie, MI$1,536$1,155
    Lexington, VA$1,536$1,275
    Huntington, WV$1,533$1,188
    Springfield/Decatur, IL$1,527$1,152
    Moody Afb, GA$1,524$1,416
    Seymour Johnson Afb, NC$1,521$1,428
    Beaumont, TX$1,518$1,377
    Saginaw, MI$1,503$1,128
    Sumter/Shaw Afb, SC$1,503$1,290
    Brownsville, TX$1,503$1,248
    Terre Haute, IN$1,494$1,233
    Wichita Fls/Sheppard Afb, TX$1,491$1,182
    Fort Leonard Wood, MO$1,479$1,290
    Lubbock, TX$1,476$1,272
    Laughlin Afb/Del Rio, TX$1,470$1,209
    Erie, PA$1,464$1,329
    Frankfort, KY$1,410$1,104
    Charleston, WV$1,404$1,149
    Columbus Afb, MS$1,398$1,158
    Hattiesburg, MS$1,395$1,194
    Sparta/Fort Mccoy, WI$1,395$1,290
    Springfield, MO$1,389$1,167
    Wichita/Mcconnell Afb, KS$1,377$1,212
    Columbia/Jefferson City, MO$1,377$1,161
    Albany, GA$1,371$1,242
    Paducah, KY$1,365$1,143
    Cannon Afb/Clovis, NM$1,365$1,107
    Lake Charles, LA$1,356$1,197
    Stevens Point, WI$1,338$1,161
    Fort Riley, KS$1,314$1,158
    Alexandria, LA$1,290$1,161
    Meridian, MS$1,290$1,062
    Fort Chaffee/Fort Smith, AR$1,263$996
    Altus Afb, OK$1,254$1,032
    Fort Sill/Lawton, OK$1,233$1,092
    Fort Polk, LA$1,218$1,128
    Vance Afb/Enid, OK$1,200$1,065
    Monroe, LA$1,194$1,023
    Youngstown, OH$1,191$1,017
    Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL$1,185$1,119

    About E-5 BAH Rates

    The 2026 BAH rate for E-5 (Sergeant) varies from $1,185/mo in Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL to $5,127/mo in San Francisco, CA (with dependents).

    The national average BAH for E-5 is $2,289/mo with dependents and $1,870/mo without dependents. Use our BAH calculator to find your exact rate based on duty station.

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