Military pay reference
2026 BAH Calculator and Official Rate Lookup
For an exact BAH figure, use the Department of Defense lookup with your permanent-duty-station ZIP—not your home address.
Primary-source lookup
Look up your exact BAH
Opening the DoD tool avoids stale copied ZIP mappings and includes every current Military Housing Area.
Open official BAH calculatorUse the correct inputs
- Year: 2026.
- ZIP code: Your permanent duty station, not the ZIP where you choose to live.
- Pay grade: The grade effective for the applicable period.
- Dependency status: With dependents or without dependents; the number of dependents does not create additional tiers.
Individual rate protection
If published BAH decreases, an eligible member may retain a protected rate while maintaining uninterrupted eligibility, the same duty station and the same or lower dependency status. A calculator displaying only the new published table cannot know your protected individual rate.