National Guard West Camp BAH

National Guard West Camp is paid at RAPID CITY/ELLSWORTH AFB, SD, housing area SD264. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,986 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. National Guard West Camp sits inside RAPID CITY/ELLSWORTH AFB, SD, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: SD264Rank at E-5: 184 of 338vs national median: -4%

Every pay grade at National Guard West Camp

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,800	$1,440	$21,600
E-2	$1,800	$1,440	$21,600
E-3	$1,800	$1,440	$21,600
E-4	$1,800	$1,440	$21,600
E-5	$1,986	$1,545	$23,832
E-6	$2,211	$1,656	$26,532
E-7	$2,307	$1,806	$27,684
E-8	$2,409	$2,037	$28,908
E-9	$2,538	$2,094	$30,456
W-1	$2,229	$1,746	$26,748
W-2	$2,349	$2,034	$28,188
W-3	$2,478	$2,103	$29,736
W-4	$2,559	$2,226	$30,708
W-5	$2,664	$2,328	$31,968
O-1E	$2,322	$1,983	$27,864
O-2E	$2,457	$2,082	$29,484
O-3E	$2,574	$2,202	$30,888
O-1	$2,022	$1,614	$24,264
O-2	$2,208	$1,929	$26,496
O-3	$2,475	$2,124	$29,700
O-4	$2,691	$2,304	$32,292
O-5	$2,850	$2,361	$34,200
O-6	$2,871	$2,457	$34,452
O-7	$2,889	$2,496	$34,668
O-8	$2,889	$2,496	$34,668
O-9	$2,889	$2,496	$34,668
O-10	$2,889	$2,496	$34,668

These are the RAPID CITY/ELLSWORTH AFB, SD rates, 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.

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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.