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-4 without dependents at Fort G. G. Meade draws $3,282 per month in 2026

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    Fort G. G. Meade, MD
    W-4 · without dependents
    $3,282/ month
    $39,384 / year
    At W-4, this is #59 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,478 · low Youngstown $1,362
    MHA MD133 · ZIPs 20701 20715 20724 20755 20763 20794 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,208 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,543 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-4 · $3,282/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766/mo · $33,192/yr
    ▼ CUT−$516−$6,192/yr · like −$7,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,478 / month
    Westchester County$5,478
    San Bernardino$3,372
    Hartford$3,363
    Juneau$3,357
    Atlantic City$3,318
    Fort G. G. Meade$3,282
    Everett$3,270
    Annapolis$3,237
    County Cost Group 880$3,222
    Sitka$3,213
    Youngstown$1,362

    Fort G. G. Meade is #59 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,116 a month — $49,392 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-5 here adds $54 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 Westchester County at W-4 is worth $2,196 a month — about 41 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 8% 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. $3,282 a month of BAH takes more than $3,282 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.