BAH 2026Military housing area TX270
Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 28 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page6 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,872a month208th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,545a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,859a month117th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 28in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents is the temporary rate from May 16, 2026; it was $1,554 before.
Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX pays $1,872 a month for an E‑5 with dependents (the temporary rate): the 208th 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
Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX has a temporary increase in DoD’s file: the rates below apply from May 16, 2026 to December 31, 2026. The rates DoD published for January 1 are in the next section.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,761 | $1,380 |
| E‑2 | $1,761 | $1,380 |
| E‑3 | $1,761 | $1,380 |
| E‑4 | $1,761 | $1,380 |
| E‑5 | $1,872 | $1,545 |
| E‑6 | $2,820 | $2,115 |
| E‑7 | $2,844 | $2,133 |
| E‑8 | $2,853 | $2,145 |
| E‑9 | $2,895 | $2,352 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,841 | $2,130 |
| W‑2 | $2,850 | $2,142 |
| W‑3 | $2,862 | $2,382 |
| W‑4 | $2,919 | $2,817 |
| W‑5 | $3,030 | $2,826 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,847 | $2,139 |
| O‑2E | $2,856 | $2,286 |
| O‑3E | $2,937 | $2,814 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,989 | $1,644 |
| O‑2 | $2,805 | $2,136 |
| O‑3 | $2,859 | $2,475 |
| O‑4 | $3,063 | $2,820 |
| O‑5 | $3,234 | $2,829 |
| O‑6 | $3,258 | $2,832 |
| O‑7 | $3,282 | $2,859 |
| O‑8† | $3,282 | $2,859 |
| O‑9† | $3,282 | $2,859 |
| O‑10† | $3,282 | $2,859 |
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.
Before the temporary increase
From January 1, 2026 to May 15, 2026, DoD’s original 2026 file applied. E‑5 with dependents went from $1,554 to $1,872.
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| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,458 | $1,170 |
| E‑2 | $1,458 | $1,170 |
| E‑3 | $1,458 | $1,170 |
| E‑4 | $1,458 | $1,170 |
| E‑5 | $1,554 | $1,287 |
| E‑6 | $2,214 | $1,662 |
| E‑7 | $2,238 | $1,680 |
| E‑8 | $2,247 | $1,692 |
| E‑9 | $2,298 | $1,884 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,235 | $1,677 |
| W‑2 | $2,244 | $1,689 |
| W‑3 | $2,256 | $1,908 |
| W‑4 | $2,325 | $2,211 |
| W‑5 | $2,448 | $2,220 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,241 | $1,686 |
| O‑2E | $2,250 | $1,842 |
| O‑3E | $2,343 | $2,208 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,635 | $1,362 |
| O‑2 | $2,205 | $1,683 |
| O‑3 | $2,253 | $1,974 |
| O‑4 | $2,484 | $2,214 |
| O‑5 | $2,676 | $2,223 |
| O‑6 | $2,694 | $2,226 |
| O‑7 | $2,712 | $2,241 |
| O‑8† | $2,712 | $2,241 |
| O‑9† | $2,712 | $2,241 |
| O‑10† | $2,712 | $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 28 ZIP codes in Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX (TX270). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 79607, the ZIP of Dyess AFB.
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- 764xx
- 76443 76469
- 795xx
- 79501 79503 79504 79508 79510 79520 79525 79530 79533 79536 79541 79553 79561 79562 79563
- 796xx
- 79601 79602 79603 79604 79605 79606 79607 79608 79697 79698 79699
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in TX270; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in Texas
Areas whose DoD code starts with TX, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
- Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX$1,872
- Austin, TX$2,241
- Beaumont, TX$1,518
- Brownsville, TX$1,503
- College Station, TX$1,758
- Corpus Christi, TX$1,788
- Dallas, TX$2,469
- El Paso, TX$1,809
- Fort Hood, TX$1,695
- Fort Worth, TX$2,118
- Goodfellow AFB, TX$1,578
- Houston, TX$2,193
- Laughlin AFB/Del Rio, TX$1,470
- Lubbock, TX$1,476
- San Antonio, TX$1,869
- Waco, TX$1,755
- Wichita Fls/Sheppard AFB, TX$1,491
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.
- The statute on temporary BAH adjustments (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(8)): a temporary adjustment of an area’s rates lasts only until the area’s next rate adjustment, and the authority ends December 31, 2026. The sources read don’t say whether rate protection keeps a temporary rate after it ends; the finance office can say.
- 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.