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
    With $2,328Without $1,803

    O-2 at Fargo draws $2,328 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,803 without

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    Fargo, ND
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,328/ month
    $27,936 / year
    At O-2, this is #176 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA ND189 · ZIPs 56514 56525 56529 56536 56546 56547 +42 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,985 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,803 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fargo — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,521$1,206
    E-2$1,521$1,206
    E-3$1,521$1,206
    E-4$1,521$1,206
    E-5$1,707$1,281
    E-6$2,337$1,752
    E-7$2,400$1,800
    E-8$2,466$1,851
    E-9$2,574$2,022
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,358$1,770
    W-2$2,427$1,833
    W-3$2,514$2,046
    W-4$2,598$2,346
    W-5$2,706$2,415
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,409$1,806
    O-2E$2,499$1,980
    O-3E$2,613$2,331
    Officer
    O-1$1,785$1,338
    O-2$2,328$1,803
    O-3$2,511$2,106
    O-4$2,739$2,397
    O-5$2,904$2,430
    O-6$2,925$2,490
    O-7$2,946$2,532
    PCS compareFargo · O-2 · $2,328/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$411+$4,932/yr · like +$6,323 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Myrtle Beach$2,358
    Salt Lake City$2,355
    Gainesville$2,352
    Duluth$2,331
    Fargo$2,328
    Albuquerque$2,325
    Humboldt County$2,316
    Memphis$2,316
    Raleigh$2,316
    Youngstown$1,332

    Fargo is #176 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fargo0 – $2,946 / month
    E-1$1,521
    E-2$1,521
    E-3$1,521
    E-4$1,521
    E-5$1,707
    E-6$2,337
    E-7$2,400
    E-8$2,466
    E-9$2,574
    W-1$2,358
    W-2$2,427
    W-3$2,514
    W-4$2,598
    W-5$2,706
    O-1E$2,409
    O-2E$2,499
    O-3E$2,613
    O-1$1,785
    O-2$2,328
    O-3$2,511
    O-4$2,739
    O-5$2,904
    O-6$2,925
    O-7$2,946

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $183 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 Fargo to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,123 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $183 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. $2,328 a month of BAH takes more than $2,328 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.