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 $2,391Without $1,917

    W-3 at Marquette draws $2,391 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,917 without

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    Marquette, MI
    W-3 · with dependents
    $2,391/ month
    $28,692 / year
    At W-3, this is #205 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689
    MHA MI143 · ZIPs 49808 49814 49819 49833 49841 49849 +7 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,065 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,917 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Marquette — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMarquette · W-3 · $2,391/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,075/mo · $36,900/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$684+$8,208/yr · like +$10,523 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
    Westchester County$6,654
    Albuquerque$2,400
    Fort Leavenworth$2,397
    Louisville$2,397
    Raleigh$2,394
    Marquette$2,391
    Nellis AFB$2,385
    Waco$2,382
    Bismarck$2,373
    Boise$2,373
    Anniston$1,689

    Marquette is #205 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month — $59,580 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Marquette0 – $2,850 / month
    E-1$1,626
    E-2$1,626
    E-3$1,626
    E-4$1,626
    E-5$1,821
    E-6$2,010
    E-7$2,145
    E-8$2,295
    E-9$2,457
    W-1$2,025
    W-2$2,205
    W-3$2,391
    W-4$2,481
    W-5$2,598
    O-1E$2,169
    O-2E$2,361
    O-3E$2,502
    O-1$1,851
    O-2$2,007
    O-3$2,385
    O-4$2,634
    O-5$2,811
    O-6$2,832
    O-7$2,850

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $90 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 Marquette to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,263 a month — about 47 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $90 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,391 a month of BAH takes more than $2,391 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.