BAH 2026Military housing area ZZ530
County Cost Group 530 BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in County Cost Group 530 — a rate area DoD’s file builds from 214 ZIP codes — with and without dependents.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,338a monthtied for 324th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,080a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $1,821a month330th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 214in this DoD rate group
County Cost Group 530 pays $1,338 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 324th 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 ZZ530. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,239 | $1,002 |
| E‑2 | $1,239 | $1,002 |
| E‑3 | $1,239 | $1,002 |
| E‑4 | $1,239 | $1,002 |
| E‑5 | $1,338 | $1,080 |
| E‑6 | $1,635 | $1,224 |
| E‑7 | $1,701 | $1,275 |
| E‑8 | $1,773 | $1,401 |
| E‑9 | $1,881 | $1,482 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $1,653 | $1,239 |
| W‑2 | $1,731 | $1,398 |
| W‑3 | $1,824 | $1,494 |
| W‑4 | $1,902 | $1,644 |
| W‑5 | $2,007 | $1,716 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,710 | $1,335 |
| O‑2E | $1,806 | $1,464 |
| O‑3E | $1,920 | $1,626 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,380 | $1,134 |
| O‑2 | $1,632 | $1,308 |
| O‑3 | $1,821 | $1,524 |
| O‑4 | $2,037 | $1,698 |
| O‑5 | $2,196 | $1,734 |
| O‑6 | $2,211 | $1,800 |
| O‑7 | $2,223 | $1,827 |
| O‑8† | $2,223 | $1,827 |
| O‑9† | $2,223 | $1,827 |
| O‑10† | $2,223 | $1,827 |
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 214 ZIP codes in County Cost Group 530 (ZZ530). DoD’s file names this rate area “County Cost Group 530” and doesn’t say which counties or states it covers; the ZIP codes below are grouped by their first three digits. The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 24901, one ZIP in this group, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 214 ZIP codesAll 214 ZIP codes
- 249xx
- 24901 24902 24916 24925 24931 24938 24943 24957 24966 24970 24977 24986 24991
- 259xx
- 25958 25962 25972 25981 25984
- 268xx
- 26801 26810 26812 26818 26836 26838 26845 26851
- 270xx
- 27007 27017 27024 27030 27031 27041 27047 27049 27053
- 286xx
- 28621 28676
- 370xx
- 37096 37097
- 373xx
- 37303 37309 37329 37331 37370 37371
- 378xx
- 37826
- 382xx
- 38232 38240 38253 38254 38257 38260 38261 38271 38281
- 409xx
- 40914 40932 40941 40944 40951 40962 40972 40983
- 420xx
- 42027 42039 42040 42051 42061 42063 42066 42069 42079 42082 42085 42088
- 424xx
- 42408 42410 42413 42431 42436 42440 42441 42442 42453 42464
- 469xx
- 46940 46941 46943 46946 46962 46974 46980 46984 46990 46992
- 501xx
- 50104 50136
- 502xx
- 50255 50268
- 510xx
- 51047
- 513xx
- 51301 51333 51338 51340 51341 51343 51357 51366
- 522xx
- 52231 52248
- 523xx
- 52335 52355
- 525xx
- 52550 52562 52563 52568 52576 52585 52591
- 585xx
- 58528 58538 58568 58570
- 636xx
- 63632
- 637xx
- 63763
- 639xx
- 63934 63944 63950 63951 63952 63956 63957 63964 63966 63967
- 646xx
- 64641 64652 64679 64683
- 648xx
- 64848 64873
- 650xx
- 65017 65026 65047 65064 65075 65082 65083
- 654xx
- 65486
- 656xx
- 65605 65654 65664
- 657xx
- 65705 65707 65712 65723 65756 65769
- 667xx
- 66701 66716 66738 66741 66754 66769 66779
- 670xx
- 67057 67061 67065 67070 67071
- 671xx
- 67104 67138 67143
- 704xx
- 70426 70427 70429 70438 70450 70467
- 716xx
- 71643 71644 71667 71678
- 723xx
- 72311 72320 72322 72326 72335 72336 72340 72341 72346 72348 72352 72359 72360 72368 72372 72392 72394
- 726xx
- 72636 72639 72645 72650 72669 72675 72686
- 737xx
- 73718 73729 73737 73747 73760 73768
- 738xx
- 73838
Other county cost groups
The county cost groups next to this one in DoD’s list (6 of 39), 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.