Fort Wainwright BAH

Fort Wainwright is paid at FAIRBANKS, AK, housing area AK405. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,436 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 Wainwright sits inside FAIRBANKS, AK, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: AK405Rank at E-5: 98 of 338vs national median: +18%

Every pay grade at Fort Wainwright

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,106	$1,581	$25,272
E-2	$2,106	$1,581	$25,272
E-3	$2,106	$1,581	$25,272
E-4	$2,106	$1,581	$25,272
E-5	$2,436	$1,827	$29,232
E-6	$2,454	$1,887	$29,448
E-7	$2,610	$1,989	$31,320
E-8	$2,814	$2,166	$33,768
E-9	$3,018	$2,265	$36,216
W-1	$2,457	$1,965	$29,484
W-2	$2,694	$2,163	$32,328
W-3	$2,943	$2,271	$35,316
W-4	$3,045	$2,463	$36,540
W-5	$3,171	$2,655	$38,052
O-1E	$2,646	$2,091	$31,752
O-2E	$2,907	$2,235	$34,884
O-3E	$3,066	$2,415	$36,792
O-1	$2,448	$1,881	$29,376
O-2	$2,451	$2,064	$29,412
O-3	$2,937	$2,301	$35,244
O-4	$3,210	$2,619	$38,520
O-5	$3,405	$2,733	$40,860
O-6	$3,432	$2,922	$41,184
O-7	$3,456	$2,973	$41,472
O-8	$3,456	$2,973	$41,472
O-9	$3,456	$2,973	$41,472
O-10	$3,456	$2,973	$41,472

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

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

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Murphy Dome Air Force Station

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.