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 $2,574Without $1,932

    W-1 at Spokane draws $2,574 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,932 without

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    Spokane, WA
    W-1 · with dependents
    $2,574/ month
    $30,888 / year
    At W-1, this is #131 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA WA310 · ZIPs 99001 99003 99004 99005 99006 99009 +46 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,300 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,932 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Spokane — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSpokane · W-1 · $2,574/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$186+$2,232/yr · like +$2,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Asheville$2,589
    Brunswick$2,583
    Elizabeth City$2,577
    Norfolk$2,574
    Spokane$2,574
    Buffalo$2,571
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,571
    Patuxent River$2,562
    Helena$2,556
    Youngstown$1,350

    Spokane is #131 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 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 W-2 here adds $132 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 W-1 is worth $2,898 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,574 a month of BAH takes more than $2,574 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.