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BAH 2026Military housing area TX272

Austin, TX BAH 2026

DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Austin, TX military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 113 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 Texas
  4. How these rates work
E‑5 with dependents
$2,241a month133rd highest of 338
E‑5 without dependents
$1,731a month
O‑3 with dependents
$3,447a month61st highest of 338
ZIP codes
113in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents, 2026: this area among all 338

Austin, TX pays $2,241 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 133rd 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 TX272. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.

Austin, TX (TX272), January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026, a month
GradeWith dependentsWithout dependents
Enlisted
E‑1$2,046$1,536
E‑2$2,046$1,536
E‑3$2,046$1,536
E‑4$2,046$1,536
E‑5$2,241$1,731
E‑6$2,802$2,103
E‑7$3,039$2,280
E‑8$3,294$2,472
E‑9$3,558$2,670
Warrant officers
W‑1$2,826$2,121
W‑2$3,141$2,355
W‑3$3,456$2,673
W‑4$3,597$2,856
W‑5$3,771$3,096
Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service
O‑1E$3,087$2,316
O‑2E$3,408$2,556
O‑3E$3,624$2,796
Officers
O‑1$2,313$1,848
O‑2$2,796$2,283
O‑3$3,447$2,676
O‑4$3,825$3,054
O‑5$4,095$3,198
O‑6$4,131$3,435
O‑7$4,161$3,495
O‑8†$4,161$3,495
O‑9†$4,161$3,495
O‑10†$4,161$3,495

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 113 ZIP codes in Austin, TX (TX272). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 73301, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.

Show all 113 ZIP codesAll 113 ZIP codes
733xx
73301 73344
765xx
76527 76530 76537 76573 76574 76578
786xx
78610 78613 78615 78617 78619 78620 78626 78627 78628 78630 78633 78634 78640 78641 78642 78645 78646 78651 78652 78653 78660 78664 78665 78666 78667 78669 78673 78674 78676 78680 78681 78682 78683 78691
787xx
78701 78702 78703 78704 78705 78708 78709 78710 78711 78712 78713 78714 78715 78716 78717 78718 78719 78720 78721 78722 78723 78724 78725 78726 78727 78728 78729 78730 78731 78732 78733 78734 78735 78736 78737 78738 78739 78741 78742 78744 78745 78746 78747 78748 78749 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78759 78760 78761 78762 78763 78764 78765 78766 78767 78768 78772 78773 78774 78778 78779 78783 78799
BAH calculator at 73301Basic pay + BAH + BAS at 73301

Other areas in Texas

Areas whose DoD code starts with TX, 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.
Alert for BAH 2027 (January 1):RSS feedCalendar (.ics)How these work

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