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
    With $1,302Without $1,098

    E-4 at Columbus AFB draws $1,302 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,098 without

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    Columbus AFB, MS
    E-4 · with dependents
    $1,302/ month
    $15,624 / year
    At E-4, this is #310 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA MS169 · ZIPs 39701 39702 39703 39704 39705 39710 +8 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,669 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,098 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Columbus AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,302$1,098
    E-2$1,302$1,098
    E-3$1,302$1,098
    E-4$1,302$1,098
    E-5$1,398$1,158
    E-6$1,998$1,500
    E-7$2,067$1,551
    E-8$2,136$1,602
    E-9$2,232$1,701
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,019$1,515
    W-2$2,094$1,572
    W-3$2,184$1,722
    W-4$2,250$2,010
    W-5$2,337$2,079
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,076$1,557
    O-2E$2,169$1,659
    O-3E$2,265$1,992
    Officer
    O-1$1,476$1,203
    O-2$1,992$1,554
    O-3$2,181$1,779
    O-4$2,361$2,061
    O-5$2,493$2,097
    O-6$2,511$2,160
    O-7$2,526$2,196
    PCS compareColumbus AFB · E-4 · $1,302/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$966+$11,592/yr · like +$14,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Hattiesburg$1,317
    County Cost Group 620$1,314
    Charleston$1,308
    County Cost Group 610$1,308
    Columbus AFB$1,302
    County Cost Group 600$1,302
    Paducah$1,293
    Springfield$1,293
    County Cost Group 590$1,290
    Youngstown$1,134

    Columbus AFB is #310 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 Columbus AFB0 – $2,526 / month
    E-1$1,302
    E-2$1,302
    E-3$1,302
    E-4$1,302
    E-5$1,398
    E-6$1,998
    E-7$2,067
    E-8$2,136
    E-9$2,232
    W-1$2,019
    W-2$2,094
    W-3$2,184
    W-4$2,250
    W-5$2,337
    O-1E$2,076
    O-2E$2,169
    O-3E$2,265
    O-1$1,476
    O-2$1,992
    O-3$2,181
    O-4$2,361
    O-5$2,493
    O-6$2,511
    O-7$2,526

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $96 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 Columbus AFB to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,765 a month — about 39 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $96 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $1,302 a month of BAH takes more than $1,302 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.