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
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    Dependents
    With $1,518Without $1,233

    E-1 at Grand Forks draws $1,518 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,233 without

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    Grand Forks, ND
    E-1 · with dependents
    $1,518/ month
    $18,216 / year
    At E-1, this is #259 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA ND190 · ZIPs 58201 58202 58203 58204 58205 58206 +13 more
    Your grade is calledARMYPVTUSMCPvtNAVYSRUSAFAB
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,946 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,233 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Grand Forks — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareGrand Forks · E-1 · $1,518/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$750+$9,000/yr · like +$11,538 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,527
    China Lake$1,524
    County Cost Group 750$1,521
    Fargo$1,521
    Grand Forks$1,518
    Gulfport$1,509
    Peoria$1,506
    Moody AFB$1,503
    Topeka$1,503
    Youngstown$1,134

    Grand Forks is #259 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Grand Forks0 – $2,718 / month
    E-1$1,518
    E-2$1,518
    E-3$1,518
    E-4$1,518
    E-5$1,731
    E-6$2,004
    E-7$2,073
    E-8$2,151
    E-9$2,277
    W-1$2,022
    W-2$2,106
    W-3$2,202
    W-4$2,307
    W-5$2,439
    O-1E$2,085
    O-2E$2,184
    O-3E$2,325
    O-1$1,770
    O-2$2,001
    O-3$2,199
    O-4$2,478
    O-5$2,682
    O-6$2,703
    O-7$2,718

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,518 a month of BAH takes more than $1,518 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.