Fort Novosel BAH

Fort Novosel is paid at FORT RUCKER, AL, housing area AL002. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,572 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Fort Novosel sits inside FORT RUCKER, AL, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: AL002Rank at E-5: 268 of 338vs national median: -24%

Every pay grade at Fort Novosel

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,440	$1,167	$17,280
E-2	$1,440	$1,167	$17,280
E-3	$1,440	$1,167	$17,280
E-4	$1,440	$1,167	$17,280
E-5	$1,572	$1,251	$18,864
E-6	$1,743	$1,317	$20,916
E-7	$1,929	$1,446	$23,148
E-8	$2,136	$1,611	$25,632
E-9	$2,346	$1,761	$28,152
W-1	$1,761	$1,407	$21,132
W-2	$2,013	$1,608	$24,156
W-3	$2,268	$1,764	$27,216
W-4	$2,373	$1,800	$28,476
W-5	$2,502	$1,977	$30,024
O-1E	$1,968	$1,569	$23,616
O-2E	$2,232	$1,674	$26,784
O-3E	$2,394	$1,797	$28,728
O-1	$1,602	$1,305	$19,224
O-2	$1,740	$1,533	$20,880
O-3	$2,262	$1,767	$27,144
O-4	$2,541	$1,941	$30,492
O-5	$2,742	$2,058	$32,904
O-6	$2,760	$2,247	$33,120
O-7	$2,778	$2,283	$33,336
O-8	$2,778	$2,283	$33,336
O-9	$2,778	$2,283	$33,336
O-10	$2,778	$2,283	$33,336

These are the FORT RUCKER, AL rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.