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-3 without dependents at Spokane draws $2,418 per month in 2026

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    Spokane, WA
    O-3 · without dependents
    $2,418/ month
    $29,016 / year
    At O-3, this is #137 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,100 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,844 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Spokane — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,947$1,611
    E-2$1,947$1,611
    E-3$1,947$1,611
    E-4$1,947$1,611
    E-5$2,184$1,665
    E-6$2,553$1,914
    E-7$2,658$1,995
    E-8$2,772$2,262
    E-9$2,901$2,367
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,574$1,932
    W-2$2,706$2,259
    W-3$2,847$2,382
    W-4$2,922$2,574
    W-5$3,021$2,685
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,679$2,181
    O-2E$2,826$2,343
    O-3E$2,937$2,547
    Officer
    O-1$2,235$1,707
    O-2$2,550$2,106
    O-3$2,844$2,418
    O-4$3,048$2,658
    O-5$3,195$2,721
    O-6$3,222$2,826
    O-7$3,243$2,874
    PCS compareSpokane · O-3 · $2,418/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$225+$2,700/yr · like +$3,462 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Asheville$2,439
    Cincinnati$2,433
    Fort Collins$2,433
    Buffalo$2,427
    Spokane$2,418
    Volusia County$2,415
    Dover AFB$2,409
    Rochester$2,403
    Dahlonega$2,400
    Youngstown$1,344

    Spokane is #137 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Spokane0 – $2,874 / month
    E-1$1,611
    E-2$1,611
    E-3$1,611
    E-4$1,611
    E-5$1,665
    E-6$1,914
    E-7$1,995
    E-8$2,262
    E-9$2,367
    W-1$1,932
    W-2$2,259
    W-3$2,382
    W-4$2,574
    W-5$2,685
    O-1E$2,181
    O-2E$2,343
    O-3E$2,547
    O-1$1,707
    O-2$2,106
    O-3$2,418
    O-4$2,658
    O-5$2,721
    O-6$2,826
    O-7$2,874

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $240 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 Spokane to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $2,913 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $240 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,418 a month of BAH takes more than $2,418 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.