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

    E-3 without dependents at Fort G. G. Meade draws $2,178 per month in 2026

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    Fort G. G. Meade, MD
    E-3 · without dependents
    $2,178/ month
    $26,136 / year
    At E-3, this is #51 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA MD133 · ZIPs 20701 20715 20724 20755 20763 20794 +11 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,792 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,739 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort G. G. Meade — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,739$2,178
    E-2$2,739$2,178
    E-3$2,739$2,178
    E-4$2,739$2,178
    E-5$2,901$2,436
    E-6$3,276$2,592
    E-7$3,327$2,745
    E-8$3,378$2,982
    E-9$3,507$3,087
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,297$2,694
    W-2$3,345$2,979
    W-3$3,414$3,102
    W-4$3,543$3,282
    W-5$3,708$3,336
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,333$2,898
    O-2E$3,402$3,063
    O-3E$3,570$3,270
    Officer
    O-1$2,952$2,577
    O-2$3,273$2,850
    O-3$3,411$3,138
    O-4$3,759$3,321
    O-5$4,014$3,345
    O-6$4,047$3,390
    O-7$4,077$3,450
    PCS compareFort G. G. Meade · E-3 · $2,178/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$303−$3,636/yr · like −$4,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Seattle$2,271
    Warrenton$2,253
    Manchester$2,250
    San Bernardino$2,220
    Fort G. G. Meade$2,178
    Burlington$2,166
    Beale AFB$2,133
    Quantico$2,109
    Fort Myers Beach$2,094
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Fort G. G. Meade is #51 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort G. G. Meade0 – $3,450 / month
    E-1$2,178
    E-2$2,178
    E-3$2,178
    E-4$2,178
    E-5$2,436
    E-6$2,592
    E-7$2,745
    E-8$2,982
    E-9$3,087
    W-1$2,694
    W-2$2,979
    W-3$3,102
    W-4$3,282
    W-5$3,336
    O-1E$2,898
    O-2E$3,063
    O-3E$3,270
    O-1$2,577
    O-2$2,850
    O-3$3,138
    O-4$3,321
    O-5$3,345
    O-6$3,390
    O-7$3,450

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $2,178 a month of BAH takes more than $2,178 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.