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

    W-3 without dependents at Mountain Home AFB draws $1,920 per month in 2026

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    Mountain Home AFB, ID
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,920/ month
    $23,040 / year
    At W-3, this is #235 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA ID086 · ZIPs 83623 83627 83633 83647 83648 83716
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,462 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,328 with 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 · W-3 · $1,920/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$699+$8,388/yr · like +$10,754 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Fort Bragg$1,935
    Bismarck$1,923
    County Cost Group 770$1,920
    Fayetteville$1,920
    Mountain Home AFB$1,920
    Marquette$1,917
    Fort Knox$1,911
    Fort Drum$1,899
    Lansing$1,899
    Youngstown$1,341

    Mountain Home AFB is #235 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Mountain Home AFB0 – $2,343 / month
    E-1$1,521
    E-2$1,521
    E-3$1,521
    E-4$1,521
    E-5$1,524
    E-6$1,641
    E-7$1,680
    E-8$1,725
    E-9$1,899
    W-1$1,656
    W-2$1,722
    W-3$1,920
    W-4$2,196
    W-5$2,250
    O-1E$1,686
    O-2E$1,860
    O-3E$2,181
    O-1$1,527
    O-2$1,683
    O-3$1,977
    O-4$2,232
    O-5$2,259
    O-6$2,304
    O-7$2,343

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $276 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 W-3 is worth $3,381 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $276 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $1,920 a month of BAH takes more than $1,920 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.