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

    O-2 with dependents at Malmstrom SFB draws $1,818 per month in 2026

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    Malmstrom SFB/Great Falls, MT
    O-2 · with dependents
    $1,818/ month
    $21,816 / year
    At O-2, this is #286 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA MT175 · ZIPs 59401 59402 59403 59404 59405 59406 +12 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,331 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,590 without 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 · O-2 · $1,818/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$921+$11,052/yr · like +$14,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Auburn$1,830
    Fort Polk$1,827
    Springfield$1,821
    Terre Haute$1,821
    Malmstrom SFB$1,818
    County Cost Group 710$1,815
    Frankfort$1,812
    Lubbock$1,809
    County Cost Group 700$1,797
    Youngstown$1,332

    Malmstrom SFB is #286 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 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 O-3 here adds $450 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 O-2 is worth $3,633 a month — about 8 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $450 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $1,818 a month of BAH takes more than $1,818 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.