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-4 without dependents at Fort G. G. Meade draws $2,178 per month in 2026

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    Fort G. G. Meade, MD
    E-4 · without dependents
    $2,178/ month
    $26,136 / year
    At E-4, 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-4 · $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-4 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-5 here adds $258 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 Fort G. G. Meade to New York City at E-4 is worth $2,655 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $258 per grade here.

    02

    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.