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 $1,539Without $1,266

    E-3 at Malmstrom SFB draws $1,539 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,266 without

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    Malmstrom SFB/Great Falls, MT
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,539/ month
    $18,468 / year
    At E-3, this is #251 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA MT175 · ZIPs 59401 59402 59403 59404 59405 59406 +12 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,973 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,266 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Malmstrom SFB — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMalmstrom SFB · E-3 · $1,539/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$729+$8,748/yr · like +$11,215 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Yuma$1,551
    Oklahoma City$1,542
    Tulsa$1,542
    Cheyenne$1,539
    Malmstrom SFB$1,539
    Akron$1,536
    Scott AFB$1,536
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,533
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,527
    Youngstown$1,134

    Malmstrom SFB is #251 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 Malmstrom SFB0 – $2,760 / month
    E-1$1,539
    E-2$1,539
    E-3$1,539
    E-4$1,539
    E-5$1,608
    E-6$1,821
    E-7$1,980
    E-8$2,160
    E-9$2,346
    W-1$1,839
    W-2$2,052
    W-3$2,274
    W-4$2,373
    W-5$2,496
    O-1E$2,013
    O-2E$2,241
    O-3E$2,391
    O-1$1,641
    O-2$1,818
    O-3$2,268
    O-4$2,532
    O-5$2,724
    O-6$2,745
    O-7$2,760

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,539 a month of BAH takes more than $1,539 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.