BAH 2026Military housing area AL003
Huntsville, AL BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Huntsville, AL military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 71 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,797a month225th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,443a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,226a monthtied for 237th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 71in this DoD area
Huntsville, AL pays $1,797 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 225th 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 AL003. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,668 | $1,284 |
| E‑2 | $1,668 | $1,284 |
| E‑3 | $1,668 | $1,284 |
| E‑4 | $1,668 | $1,284 |
| E‑5 | $1,797 | $1,443 |
| E‑6 | $2,079 | $1,557 |
| E‑7 | $2,133 | $1,671 |
| E‑8 | $2,187 | $1,860 |
| E‑9 | $2,286 | $1,935 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,097 | $1,635 |
| W‑2 | $2,154 | $1,857 |
| W‑3 | $2,229 | $1,947 |
| W‑4 | $2,307 | $2,085 |
| W‑5 | $2,415 | $2,142 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,139 | $1,794 |
| O‑2E | $2,214 | $1,917 |
| O‑3E | $2,325 | $2,070 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,839 | $1,536 |
| O‑2 | $2,076 | $1,758 |
| O‑3 | $2,226 | $1,974 |
| O‑4 | $2,445 | $2,127 |
| O‑5 | $2,607 | $2,154 |
| O‑6 | $2,625 | $2,205 |
| O‑7 | $2,640 | $2,241 |
| O‑8† | $2,640 | $2,241 |
| O‑9† | $2,640 | $2,241 |
| O‑10† | $2,640 | $2,241 |
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 71 ZIP codes in Huntsville, AL (AL003). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 35898, the ZIP of Redstone Arsenal, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 71 ZIP codesAll 71 ZIP codes
- 350xx
- 35016
- 351xx
- 35175
- 356xx
- 35601 35602 35603 35609 35611 35612 35613 35614 35615 35619 35620 35621 35622 35640 35647 35649 35670 35671 35673 35699
- 357xx
- 35739 35741 35742 35747 35748 35749 35750 35754 35756 35757 35758 35759 35760 35761 35762 35763 35767 35773 35775
- 358xx
- 35801 35802 35803 35804 35805 35806 35807 35808 35809 35810 35811 35812 35813 35814 35815 35816 35824 35893 35894 35895 35896 35897 35898 35899
- 359xx
- 35950 35951 35957 35964 35976 35980
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in AL003; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in Alabama
Areas whose DoD code starts with AL, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
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.