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-2 without dependents at Minneapolis draws $1,689 per month in 2026

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    Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
    E-2 · without dependents
    $1,689/ month
    $20,268 / year
    At E-2, this is #125 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA MN159 · ZIPs 55001 55003 55005 55010 55011 55014 +179 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,165 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,250 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Minneapolis — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,250$1,689
    E-2$2,250$1,689
    E-3$2,250$1,689
    E-4$2,250$1,689
    E-5$2,541$1,905
    E-6$2,781$2,082
    E-7$2,826$2,262
    E-8$2,877$2,595
    E-9$2,985$2,655
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,796$2,154
    W-2$2,847$2,592
    W-3$2,913$2,667
    W-4$3,015$2,784
    W-5$3,144$2,835
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,832$2,538
    O-2E$2,901$2,640
    O-3E$3,033$2,769
    Officer
    O-1$2,577$1,953
    O-2$2,778$2,445
    O-3$2,910$2,688
    O-4$3,183$2,820
    O-5$3,384$2,844
    O-6$3,411$2,889
    O-7$3,435$2,937
    PCS compareMinneapolis · E-2 · $1,689/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$186+$2,232/yr · like +$2,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Eugene$1,701
    St. Louis$1,701
    Reno$1,698
    Fort Carson$1,689
    Minneapolis$1,689
    Bridgeport$1,683
    Morehead$1,683
    Port Angeles$1,671
    Birmingham$1,668
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Minneapolis is #125 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Minneapolis0 – $2,937 / month
    E-1$1,689
    E-2$1,689
    E-3$1,689
    E-4$1,689
    E-5$1,905
    E-6$2,082
    E-7$2,262
    E-8$2,595
    E-9$2,655
    W-1$2,154
    W-2$2,592
    W-3$2,667
    W-4$2,784
    W-5$2,835
    O-1E$2,538
    O-2E$2,640
    O-3E$2,769
    O-1$1,953
    O-2$2,445
    O-3$2,688
    O-4$2,820
    O-5$2,844
    O-6$2,889
    O-7$2,937

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,689 a month of BAH takes more than $1,689 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.