BAH 2026Military housing area AK400

Ketchikan, AK BAH 2026

DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Ketchikan, AK military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 15 ZIP codes it covers.

  • In force January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
  • From DoD’s file BAH-ASCII-2026.zip
  • Verified October 13, 2026
On this page4 sections
  1. Rates by grade, 2026
  2. ZIP codes in this area
  3. Other areas in Alaska
  4. How these rates work
E‑5 with dependents
$2,868a month62nd highest of 338
E‑5 without dependents
$2,151a month
O‑3 with dependents
$3,327a monthtied for 71st highest of 338
ZIP codes
15in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents, 2026: this area among all 338

Ketchikan, AK pays $2,868 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 62nd highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.

Monthly BAH by grade, 2026

The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for AK400. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.

Ketchikan, AK (AK400), January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026, a month
GradeWith dependentsWithout dependents
Enlisted
E‑1$2,646$1,986
E‑2$2,646$1,986
E‑3$2,646$1,986
E‑4$2,646$1,986
E‑5$2,868$2,151
E‑6$2,886$2,163
E‑7$3,027$2,382
E‑8$3,213$2,682
E‑9$3,441$2,739
Warrant officers
W‑1$2,889$2,289
W‑2$3,102$2,679
W‑3$3,336$2,751
W‑4$3,480$2,892
W‑5$3,660$3,069
Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service
O‑1E$3,060$2,631
O‑2E$3,300$2,727
O‑3E$3,510$2,847
Officers
O‑1$2,880$2,160
O‑2$2,883$2,550
O‑3$3,327$2,772
O‑4$3,720$3,036
O‑5$4,002$3,141
O‑6$4,035$3,315
O‑7$4,065$3,372
O‑8†$4,065$3,372
O‑9†$4,065$3,372
O‑10†$4,065$3,372

E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.

ZIP codes in this area

DoD’s 2026 file puts these 15 ZIP codes in Ketchikan, AK (AK400). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 99830, one ZIP in this area.

Show all 15 ZIP codesAll 15 ZIP codes
998xx
99830 99833
999xx
99901 99903 99918 99919 99921 99922 99923 99925 99926 99927 99928 99929 99950

Other areas in Alaska

Areas whose DoD code starts with AK, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.

All 338 areas by state

How these rates work

  • BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
  • Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
  • ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.

Sources

Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.

  1. BAH rates, all locations and pay grades, 2026 (ASCII)Defense Travel Management Office · read
  2. 37 U.S.C. 403, Basic allowance for housingCornell LII (U.S. Code) · read