Fort Missoula BAH

Fort Missoula is paid at the rural rate band for its county, housing area ZZ860. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,487 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD publishes no housing area of its own for this county, so Fort Missoula draws the rate band it sets for counties without one. That band covers many counties across several states, which is why it has a number rather than a name.

Housing area: ZZ860Rank at E-5: 92 of 338vs national median: +20%

Every pay grade at Fort Missoula

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,325	$1,821	$27,900
E-2	$2,325	$1,821	$27,900
E-3	$2,325	$1,821	$27,900
E-4	$2,325	$1,821	$27,900
E-5	$2,487	$2,037	$29,844
E-6	$2,829	$2,172	$33,948
E-7	$2,922	$2,328	$35,064
E-8	$3,027	$2,562	$36,324
E-9	$3,186	$2,655	$38,232
W-1	$2,847	$2,277	$34,164
W-2	$2,964	$2,559	$35,568
W-3	$3,093	$2,670	$37,116
W-4	$3,219	$2,844	$38,628
W-5	$3,378	$2,946	$40,536
O-1E	$2,940	$2,484	$35,280
O-2E	$3,072	$2,634	$36,864
O-3E	$3,246	$2,820	$38,952
O-1	$2,535	$2,157	$30,420
O-2	$2,826	$2,436	$33,912
O-3	$3,090	$2,703	$37,080
O-4	$3,429	$2,922	$41,148
O-5	$3,672	$2,976	$44,064
O-6	$3,702	$3,072	$44,424
O-7	$3,729	$3,123	$44,748
O-8	$3,729	$3,123	$44,748
O-9	$3,729	$3,123	$44,748
O-10	$3,729	$3,123	$44,748

These are the rates for that band, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

Coast Guard Station Jupiter Inlet
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant Elwood
Point Arena Air Force Station

Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.