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

    W-3 without dependents at Fort G. G. Meade draws $3,102 per month in 2026

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    Fort G. G. Meade, MD
    W-3 · without dependents
    $3,102/ month
    $37,224 / year
    At W-3, this is #56 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA MD133 · ZIPs 20701 20715 20724 20755 20763 20794 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,977 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,414 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 · W-3 · $3,102/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▼ CUT−$483−$5,796/yr · like −$7,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Newport$3,177
    Worcester$3,174
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,159
    Hartford$3,132
    Fort G. G. Meade$3,102
    Annapolis$3,087
    Boulder$3,072
    Quantico$3,072
    Beale AFB$3,051
    Youngstown$1,341

    Fort G. G. Meade is #56 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 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 W-4 here adds $180 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 W-3 is worth $2,199 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $180 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $3,102 a month of BAH takes more than $3,102 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.