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

Press Enter to look it up.

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
With $1,548 Without $1,260

E-5 at Minot AFB draws $1,548 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,260 without

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Minot AFB, ND
E-5 · with dependents
$1,548/ month
$18,576 / year
At E-5, this is #273 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ND191 · ZIPs 58701 58702 58703 58704 58705 58707 +15 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,985 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,260 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Minot AFB · E-5 · $1,548/mo
Minot AFB $1,548/mo · $18,576/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Minot AFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,428 $1,206
E-2 $1,428 $1,206
E-3 $1,428 $1,206
E-4 $1,428 $1,206
E-5 $1,548 $1,260
E-6 $1,980 $1,485
E-7 $2,052 $1,539
E-8 $2,127 $1,638
E-9 $2,229 $1,764
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,001 $1,503
W-2 $2,082 $1,635
W-3 $2,178 $1,782
W-4 $2,247 $1,995
W-5 $2,343 $2,067
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,064 $1,548
O-2E $2,163 $1,737
O-3E $2,262 $1,974
Officer
O-1 $1,605 $1,302
O-2 $1,977 $1,542
O-3 $2,175 $1,824
O-4 $2,367 $2,049
O-5 $2,508 $2,088
O-6 $2,526 $2,154
O-7 $2,541 $2,190

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Peoria $1,572
China Lake $1,563
County Cost Group 730 $1,557
Sioux Falls $1,554
Johnson City $1,548
Minot AFB $1,548
Scott AFB $1,542
Champaign $1,539
County Cost Group 720 $1,536
Lexington $1,536
Sault Ste Marie $1,536
Huntington $1,533
Springfield $1,527
Moody AFB $1,524
Seymour Johnson AFB $1,521
Beaumont $1,518
Anniston $1,185

Minot AFB is #273 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Minot AFB0 – $2,541 / month
E-1 $1,428
E-2 $1,428
E-3 $1,428
E-4 $1,428
E-5 $1,548
E-6 $1,980
E-7 $2,052
E-8 $2,127
E-9 $2,229
W-1 $2,001
W-2 $2,082
W-3 $2,178
W-4 $2,247
W-5 $2,343
O-1E $2,064
O-2E $2,163
O-3E $2,262
O-1 $1,605
O-2 $1,977
O-3 $2,175
O-4 $2,367
O-5 $2,508
O-6 $2,526
O-7 $2,541

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Minot AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,579 a month — about 8 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.