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-8 without dependents at Malmstrom SFB draws $1,656 per month in 2026

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    Malmstrom SFB/Great Falls, MT
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,656/ month
    $19,872 / year
    At E-8, this is #262 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA MT175 · ZIPs 59401 59402 59403 59404 59405 59406 +12 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,123 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,160 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Malmstrom SFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,539$1,266
    E-2$1,539$1,266
    E-3$1,539$1,266
    E-4$1,539$1,266
    E-5$1,608$1,392
    E-6$1,821$1,470
    E-7$1,980$1,539
    E-8$2,160$1,656
    E-9$2,346$1,761
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,839$1,530
    W-2$2,052$1,653
    W-3$2,274$1,764
    W-4$2,373$1,851
    W-5$2,496$2,022
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,013$1,605
    O-2E$2,241$1,698
    O-3E$2,391$1,809
    Officer
    O-1$1,641$1,467
    O-2$1,818$1,590
    O-3$2,268$1,767
    O-4$2,532$1,989
    O-5$2,724$2,088
    O-6$2,745$2,253
    O-7$2,760$2,289
    PCS compareMalmstrom SFB · E-8 · $1,656/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$882+$10,584/yr · like +$13,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Topeka$1,680
    Whiteman AFB$1,680
    Camp Lejeune$1,662
    County Cost Group 740$1,656
    Malmstrom SFB$1,656
    Akron$1,653
    Sioux Falls$1,653
    Holloman AFB$1,650
    Fallon NAS$1,644
    Youngstown$1,248

    Malmstrom SFB is #262 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Malmstrom SFB0 – $2,289 / month
    E-1$1,266
    E-2$1,266
    E-3$1,266
    E-4$1,266
    E-5$1,392
    E-6$1,470
    E-7$1,539
    E-8$1,656
    E-9$1,761
    W-1$1,530
    W-2$1,653
    W-3$1,764
    W-4$1,851
    W-5$2,022
    O-1E$1,605
    O-2E$1,698
    O-3E$1,809
    O-1$1,467
    O-2$1,590
    O-3$1,767
    O-4$1,989
    O-5$2,088
    O-6$2,253
    O-7$2,289

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $105 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 Malmstrom SFB to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,540 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $105 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,656 a month of BAH takes more than $1,656 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.