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.

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    Dependents

    E-3 with dependents at Rock Island draws $1,722 per month in 2026

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    Rock Island, IL
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,722/ month
    $20,664 / year
    At E-3, this is #214 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA IL089 · ZIPs 52722 52726 52728 52745 52746 52748 +37 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,208 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,389 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Rock Island — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareRock Island · E-3 · $1,722/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$546+$6,552/yr · like +$8,400 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Yakima$1,731
    Bangor$1,728
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,728
    Fort Bragg$1,722
    Rock Island$1,722
    Lexington$1,713
    Shreveport$1,701
    Battle Creek$1,698
    Davis-Monthan AFB$1,695
    Youngstown$1,134

    Rock Island is #214 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Rock Island0 – $2,910 / month
    E-1$1,722
    E-2$1,722
    E-3$1,722
    E-4$1,722
    E-5$1,908
    E-6$2,238
    E-7$2,262
    E-8$2,283
    E-9$2,388
    W-1$2,259
    W-2$2,268
    W-3$2,301
    W-4$2,421
    W-5$2,577
    O-1E$2,265
    O-2E$2,292
    O-3E$2,448
    O-1$1,956
    O-2$2,235
    O-3$2,298
    O-4$2,628
    O-5$2,868
    O-6$2,892
    O-7$2,910

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,722 a month of BAH takes more than $1,722 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.