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United States Army Publications Center BAH

United States Army Publications Center is paid at BALTIMORE, MD, housing area MD129. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,610 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. United States Army Publications Center sits inside BALTIMORE, MD, so that's the rate it pays.
Housing area: MD129Rank at E-5: 82 of 338vs national median: +26%

Every pay grade at United States Army Publications Center

GradeWith dependentsWithoutA year, with deps
E-1$2,409$1,857$28,908
E-2$2,409$1,857$28,908
E-3$2,409$1,857$28,908
E-4$2,409$1,857$28,908
E-5$2,610$2,079$31,320
E-6$2,904$2,226$34,848
E-7$2,994$2,415$35,928
E-8$3,093$2,673$37,116
E-9$3,246$2,754$38,952
W-1$2,922$2,349$35,064
W-2$3,036$2,670$36,432
W-3$3,159$2,766$37,908
W-4$3,279$2,919$39,348
W-5$3,429$3,015$41,148
O-1E$3,009$2,607$36,108
O-2E$3,138$2,736$37,656
O-3E$3,303$2,895$39,636
O-1$2,652$2,205$31,824
O-2$2,901$2,547$34,812
O-3$3,156$2,793$37,872
O-4$3,477$2,994$41,724
O-5$3,711$3,045$44,532
O-6$3,741$3,138$44,892
O-7$3,768$3,192$45,216
O-8$3,768$3,192$45,216
O-9$3,768$3,192$45,216
O-10$3,768$3,192$45,216

These are the BALTIMORE, MD 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.

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.