BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    E-6 without dependents at Boise draws $1,761 per month in 2026

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    Boise, ID
    E-6 · without dependents
    $1,761/ month
    $21,132 / year
    At E-6, this is #186 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA ID084 · ZIPs 83605 83606 83607 83616 83626 83630 +42 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,258 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,277 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Boise — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,842$1,575
    E-2$1,842$1,575
    E-3$1,842$1,575
    E-4$1,842$1,575
    E-5$1,926$1,686
    E-6$2,277$1,761
    E-7$2,310$1,842
    E-8$2,346$2,001
    E-9$2,433$2,100
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,295$1,827
    W-2$2,325$1,998
    W-3$2,373$2,112
    W-4$2,457$2,280
    W-5$2,565$2,316
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,313$1,923
    O-2E$2,364$2,076
    O-3E$2,475$2,268
    Officer
    O-1$1,974$1,758
    O-2$2,274$1,902
    O-3$2,370$2,148
    O-4$2,598$2,304
    O-5$2,763$2,319
    O-6$2,784$2,349
    O-7$2,802$2,388
    PCS compareBoise · E-6 · $1,761/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$315+$3,780/yr · like +$4,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    New Orleans$1,779
    Omaha$1,779
    Salt Lake City$1,773
    Lemoore NAS$1,764
    Boise$1,761
    Ogden$1,761
    Morehead$1,758
    Eastern Panhandle$1,752
    Fargo$1,752
    Youngstown$1,077

    Boise is #186 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Boise0 – $2,388 / month
    E-1$1,575
    E-2$1,575
    E-3$1,575
    E-4$1,575
    E-5$1,686
    E-6$1,761
    E-7$1,842
    E-8$2,001
    E-9$2,100
    W-1$1,827
    W-2$1,998
    W-3$2,112
    W-4$2,280
    W-5$2,316
    O-1E$1,923
    O-2E$2,076
    O-3E$2,268
    O-1$1,758
    O-2$1,902
    O-3$2,148
    O-4$2,304
    O-5$2,319
    O-6$2,349
    O-7$2,388

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $81 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Boise to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,309 a month — about 41 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,761 a month of BAH takes more than $1,761 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't tell you

    01

    “With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

    02

    O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

    03

    This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.