BAH 2026Military housing area RI256
Newport, RI BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Newport, RI military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 33 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $2,847a month65th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $2,361a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $4,137a month36th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 33in this DoD area
Newport, RI pays $2,847 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 65th 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 RI256. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $2,685 | $2,073 |
| E‑2 | $2,685 | $2,073 |
| E‑3 | $2,685 | $2,073 |
| E‑4 | $2,685 | $2,073 |
| E‑5 | $2,847 | $2,361 |
| E‑6 | $3,447 | $2,586 |
| E‑7 | $3,702 | $2,778 |
| E‑8 | $3,972 | $2,979 |
| E‑9 | $4,230 | $3,174 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $3,474 | $2,637 |
| W‑2 | $3,813 | $2,967 |
| W‑3 | $4,146 | $3,177 |
| W‑4 | $4,260 | $3,507 |
| W‑5 | $4,404 | $3,762 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $3,753 | $2,844 |
| O‑2E | $4,098 | $3,111 |
| O‑3E | $4,284 | $3,441 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $2,925 | $2,517 |
| O‑2 | $3,441 | $2,796 |
| O‑3 | $4,137 | $3,231 |
| O‑4 | $4,446 | $3,717 |
| O‑5 | $4,668 | $3,873 |
| O‑6 | $4,707 | $4,125 |
| O‑7 | $4,743 | $4,200 |
| O‑8† | $4,743 | $4,200 |
| O‑9† | $4,743 | $4,200 |
| O‑10† | $4,743 | $4,200 |
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 33 ZIP codes in Newport, RI (RI256). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 02841, the ZIP of Naval Station Newport.
Show all 33 ZIP codesAll 33 ZIP codes
- 027xx
- 02702 02717 02719 02720 02721 02723 02724 02725 02726 02740 02741 02742 02743 02744 02745 02746 02747 02748 02777 02790 02791
- 028xx
- 02801 02806 02809 02835 02837 02840 02841 02842 02871 02872 02878 02885
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in RI256; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in Rhode Island
Areas whose DoD code starts with RI, 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.