Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson BAH

Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson is paid at ANCHORAGE, AK, housing area AK404. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,874 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. Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson sits inside ANCHORAGE, AK, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: AK404Rank at E-5: 61 of 338vs national median: +39%

Every pay grade at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,277	$1,707	$27,324
E-2	$2,277	$1,707	$27,324
E-3	$2,277	$1,707	$27,324
E-4	$2,277	$1,707	$27,324
E-5	$2,874	$2,157	$34,488
E-6	$2,892	$2,169	$34,704
E-7	$3,045	$2,283	$36,540
E-8	$3,240	$2,430	$38,880
E-9	$3,486	$2,616	$41,832
W-1	$2,895	$2,172	$34,740
W-2	$3,123	$2,385	$37,476
W-3	$3,369	$2,619	$40,428
W-4	$3,528	$2,901	$42,336
W-5	$3,723	$3,087	$44,676
O-1E	$3,078	$2,310	$36,936
O-2E	$3,333	$2,523	$39,996
O-3E	$3,558	$2,853	$42,696
O-1	$2,886	$2,166	$34,632
O-2	$2,889	$2,286	$34,668
O-3	$3,360	$2,643	$40,320
O-4	$3,789	$3,051	$45,468
O-5	$4,095	$3,162	$49,140
O-6	$4,131	$3,348	$49,572
O-7	$4,161	$3,405	$49,932
O-8	$4,161	$3,405	$49,932
O-9	$4,161	$3,405	$49,932
O-10	$4,161	$3,405	$49,932

These are the ANCHORAGE, 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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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.