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
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    Dependents
    With $1,947Without $1,611

    E-3 at Spokane draws $1,947 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,611 without

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    Spokane, WA
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,947/ month
    $23,364 / year
    At E-3, this is #159 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA WA310 · ZIPs 99001 99003 99004 99005 99006 99009 +46 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,496 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,611 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Spokane — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSpokane · E-3 · $1,947/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$321+$3,852/yr · like +$4,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Gainesville$1,986
    Houston$1,974
    Grand Rapids$1,950
    Raleigh$1,947
    Spokane$1,947
    Lemoore NAS$1,944
    Salt Lake City$1,944
    Nellis AFB$1,941
    Rochester$1,941
    Youngstown$1,134

    Spokane is #159 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 Spokane0 – $3,243 / month
    E-1$1,947
    E-2$1,947
    E-3$1,947
    E-4$1,947
    E-5$2,184
    E-6$2,553
    E-7$2,658
    E-8$2,772
    E-9$2,901
    W-1$2,574
    W-2$2,706
    W-3$2,847
    W-4$2,922
    W-5$3,021
    O-1E$2,679
    O-2E$2,826
    O-3E$2,937
    O-1$2,235
    O-2$2,550
    O-3$2,844
    O-4$3,048
    O-5$3,195
    O-6$3,222
    O-7$3,243

    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 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. $1,947 a month of BAH takes more than $1,947 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.