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-2 without dependents at San Antonio (JBSA) draws $1,359 per month in 2026

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    San Antonio, TX
    E-2 · without dependents
    $1,359/ month
    $16,308 / year
    At E-2, this is #12 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $2,763 · low Fort Riley $1,050
    MHA code pending — loads with the DTMO ZIP file
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,742 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,728 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Most JBSA grades went DOWN for 2026 — see the rate-protection flag below.

    RATE PROTECTION

    Already stationed here? You don't take this cut. BAH rate protection holds you at your prior year's amount as long as your duty location, grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower 2026 number applies to members arriving on new orders, and to you if you promote, change dependency status, or PCS.

    San Antonio (JBSA) — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,728$1,359
    E-2$1,728$1,359
    E-3$1,728$1,359
    E-4$1,728$1,359
    E-5$1,869$1,500
    E-6$2,094$1,596
    E-7$2,112$1,731
    E-8$2,121$1,920
    E-9$2,157$1,977
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,109$1,692
    W-2$2,118$1,917
    W-3$2,130$1,986
    W-4$2,178$2,085
    W-5$2,280$2,097
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,115$1,866
    O-2E$2,124$1,965
    O-3E$2,196$2,082
    Officer
    O-1$1,905$1,584
    O-2$2,091$1,827
    O-3$2,127$2,007
    O-4$2,307$2,088
    O-5$2,457$2,100
    O-6$2,475$2,103
    O-7$2,490$2,112
    PCS compareSan Antonio (JBSA) · E-2 · $1,359/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,341/mo · $16,092/yr
    ▼ CUT−$18−$216/yr · like −$277 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 without dependents, every station0 – $2,763 / month
    San Diego$2,763
    Camp Pendleton$2,739
    Honolulu County$2,598
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,034
    Fort Stewart$1,791
    Norfolk$1,707
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$1,707
    Fort Carson$1,689
    Fort Campbell$1,470
    Fort Hood$1,374
    Fort Benning$1,362
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,359
    Fort Drum$1,356
    Fort Bragg$1,341
    Camp Lejeune$1,323
    Fort Bliss$1,302
    Fort Riley$1,050

    San Antonio (JBSA) is #12 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $1,713 a month — $20,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at San Antonio (JBSA)0 – $2,112 / month
    E-1$1,359
    E-2$1,359
    E-3$1,359
    E-4$1,359
    E-5$1,500
    E-6$1,596
    E-7$1,731
    E-8$1,920
    E-9$1,977
    W-1$1,692
    W-2$1,917
    W-3$1,986
    W-4$2,085
    W-5$2,097
    O-1E$1,866
    O-2E$1,965
    O-3E$2,082
    O-1$1,584
    O-2$1,827
    O-3$2,007
    O-4$2,088
    O-5$2,100
    O-6$2,103
    O-7$2,112

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $1,359 a month of BAH takes more than $1,359 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.