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 $3,276Without $2,592

    E-6 at Fort G. G. Meade draws $3,276 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,592 without

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    Fort G. G. Meade, MD
    E-6 · with dependents
    $3,276/ month
    $39,312 / year
    At E-6, this is #59 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA MD133 · ZIPs 20701 20715 20724 20755 20763 20794 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,200 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,592 / mo
    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-6 · $3,276/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▼ CUT−$534−$6,408/yr · like −$8,215 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Juneau$3,372
    Boulder$3,342
    Hartford$3,330
    Atlantic City$3,291
    Fort G. G. Meade$3,276
    Everett$3,243
    Annapolis$3,228
    Sitka$3,228
    County Cost Group 880$3,204
    Youngstown$1,335

    Fort G. G. Meade is #59 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort G. G. Meade0 – $4,077 / month
    E-1$2,739
    E-2$2,739
    E-3$2,739
    E-4$2,739
    E-5$2,901
    E-6$3,276
    E-7$3,327
    E-8$3,378
    E-9$3,507
    W-1$3,297
    W-2$3,345
    W-3$3,414
    W-4$3,543
    W-5$3,708
    O-1E$3,333
    O-2E$3,402
    O-3E$3,570
    O-1$2,952
    O-2$3,273
    O-3$3,411
    O-4$3,759
    O-5$4,014
    O-6$4,047
    O-7$4,077

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $51 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 San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,178 a month — about 43 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $51 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. $3,276 a month of BAH takes more than $3,276 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.