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 $2,178Without $1,782

    W-3 at Minot AFB draws $2,178 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,782 without

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    Minot AFB, ND
    W-3 · with dependents
    $2,178/ month
    $26,136 / year
    At W-3, this is #253 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689
    MHA ND191 · ZIPs 58701 58702 58703 58704 58705 58707 +15 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,792 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,782 / 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 · W-3 · $2,178/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,075/mo · $36,900/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$897+$10,764/yr · like +$13,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
    Westchester County$6,654
    Toledo$2,202
    Goodfellow AFB$2,199
    Columbus AFB$2,184
    Fort Bragg$2,178
    Minot AFB$2,178
    Brownsville$2,172
    China Lake$2,157
    County Cost Group 750$2,157
    Frankfort$2,136
    Anniston$1,689

    Minot AFB is #253 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 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 W-4 here adds $69 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 Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,476 a month — about 65 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,178 a month of BAH takes more than $2,178 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.