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
    With $1,977Without $1,542

    O-2 at Minot AFB draws $1,977 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,542 without

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    Minot AFB, ND
    O-2 · with dependents
    $1,977/ month
    $23,724 / year
    At O-2, this is #247 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA ND191 · ZIPs 58701 58702 58703 58704 58705 58707 +15 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,535 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,542 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Minot AFB — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareMinot AFB · O-2 · $1,977/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$762+$9,144/yr · like +$11,723 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    County Cost Group 760$1,992
    Lexington$1,992
    Lansing$1,980
    Champaign$1,977
    Minot AFB$1,977
    Fort Benning$1,974
    Bloomington$1,953
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,947
    County Cost Group 750$1,944
    Youngstown$1,332

    Minot AFB is #247 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 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

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $198 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 Minot AFB to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,474 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $198 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $1,977 a month of BAH takes more than $1,977 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.