BAH 2026Military housing area AL007
Birmingham, AL BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Birmingham, AL military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 123 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $2,439a monthtied for 96th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,878a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,565a month165th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 123in this DoD area
Birmingham, AL pays $2,439 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 96th 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 AL007. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $2,223 | $1,668 |
| E‑2 | $2,223 | $1,668 |
| E‑3 | $2,223 | $1,668 |
| E‑4 | $2,223 | $1,668 |
| E‑5 | $2,439 | $1,878 |
| E‑6 | $2,532 | $2,031 |
| E‑7 | $2,550 | $2,232 |
| E‑8 | $2,559 | $2,463 |
| E‑9 | $2,583 | $2,478 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,547 | $2,160 |
| W‑2 | $2,556 | $2,460 |
| W‑3 | $2,568 | $2,484 |
| W‑4 | $2,598 | $2,520 |
| W‑5 | $2,682 | $2,532 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,553 | $2,436 |
| O‑2E | $2,562 | $2,472 |
| O‑3E | $2,613 | $2,517 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $2,457 | $2,007 |
| O‑2 | $2,529 | $2,370 |
| O‑3 | $2,565 | $2,490 |
| O‑4 | $2,703 | $2,523 |
| O‑5 | $2,826 | $2,535 |
| O‑6 | $2,847 | $2,538 |
| O‑7 | $2,865 | $2,556 |
| O‑8† | $2,865 | $2,556 |
| O‑9† | $2,865 | $2,556 |
| O‑10† | $2,865 | $2,556 |
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 123 ZIP codes in Birmingham, AL (AL007). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 35004, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 123 ZIP codesAll 123 ZIP codes
- 350xx
- 35004 35005 35006 35007 35015 35020 35021 35022 35023 35036 35040 35043 35048 35051 35052 35054 35060 35061 35062 35064 35068 35071 35073 35078 35080 35091 35094
- 351xx
- 35111 35112 35114 35115 35116 35117 35118 35119 35120 35123 35124 35125 35126 35127 35128 35131 35135 35137 35139 35142 35143 35146 35147 35172 35173 35176 35178 35180 35181 35182 35185 35186 35187
- 352xx
- 35201 35202 35203 35204 35205 35206 35207 35208 35209 35210 35211 35212 35213 35214 35215 35216 35217 35218 35219 35220 35221 35222 35223 35224 35226 35228 35229 35231 35232 35233 35234 35235 35236 35238 35242 35243 35244 35246 35249 35253 35254 35255 35259 35260 35261 35266 35270 35282 35283 35285 35287 35288 35290 35291 35292 35293 35294 35295 35296 35297 35298
- 359xx
- 35953 35987
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.