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

    O-2 with dependents at Mountain Home AFB draws $2,181 per month in 2026

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    Mountain Home AFB, ID
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,181/ month
    $26,172 / year
    At O-2, this is #205 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA ID086 · ZIPs 83623 83627 83633 83647 83648 83716
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,796 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,683 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Mountain Home AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,563$1,521
    E-2$1,563$1,521
    E-3$1,563$1,521
    E-4$1,563$1,521
    E-5$1,605$1,524
    E-6$2,187$1,641
    E-7$2,238$1,680
    E-8$2,292$1,725
    E-9$2,418$1,899
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,208$1,656
    W-2$2,259$1,722
    W-3$2,328$1,920
    W-4$2,451$2,196
    W-5$2,610$2,250
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,244$1,686
    O-2E$2,316$1,860
    O-3E$2,478$2,181
    Officer
    O-1$1,680$1,527
    O-2$2,181$1,683
    O-3$2,325$1,977
    O-4$2,658$2,232
    O-5$2,901$2,259
    O-6$2,925$2,304
    O-7$2,943$2,343
    PCS compareMountain Home AFB · O-2 · $2,181/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$558+$6,696/yr · like +$8,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Nellis AFB$2,205
    Bismarck$2,196
    Baton Rouge$2,190
    Fort Huachuca$2,190
    Mountain Home AFB$2,181
    Kansas City$2,172
    Toledo$2,163
    Jackson$2,160
    Fort Gordon$2,154
    Youngstown$1,332

    Mountain Home AFB is #205 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 Mountain Home AFB0 – $2,943 / month
    E-1$1,563
    E-2$1,563
    E-3$1,563
    E-4$1,563
    E-5$1,605
    E-6$2,187
    E-7$2,238
    E-8$2,292
    E-9$2,418
    W-1$2,208
    W-2$2,259
    W-3$2,328
    W-4$2,451
    W-5$2,610
    O-1E$2,244
    O-2E$2,316
    O-3E$2,478
    O-1$1,680
    O-2$2,181
    O-3$2,325
    O-4$2,658
    O-5$2,901
    O-6$2,925
    O-7$2,943

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $144 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 Mountain Home AFB to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,270 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $144 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $2,181 a month of BAH takes more than $2,181 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.