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

Press Enter to look it up.

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 $1,395 Without $1,194

E-5 at Hattiesburg draws $1,395 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,194 without

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Hattiesburg, MS
E-5 · with dependents
$1,395/ month
$16,740 / year
At E-5, this is #309 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA MS172 · ZIPs 39401 39402 39403 39404 39406 39407 +5 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,788 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,194 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Hattiesburg · E-5 · $1,395/mo
Hattiesburg $1,395/mo · $16,740/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Hattiesburg — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,317 $1,143
E-2 $1,317 $1,143
E-3 $1,317 $1,143
E-4 $1,317 $1,143
E-5 $1,395 $1,194
E-6 $1,524 $1,239
E-7 $1,644 $1,314
E-8 $1,782 $1,428
E-9 $1,950 $1,464
Warrant officer
W-1 $1,539 $1,302
W-2 $1,701 $1,425
W-3 $1,869 $1,467
W-4 $1,980 $1,545
W-5 $2,118 $1,674
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $1,668 $1,392
O-2E $1,845 $1,446
O-3E $2,001 $1,512
Officer
O-1 $1,419 $1,233
O-2 $1,521 $1,374
O-3 $1,866 $1,470
O-4 $2,160 $1,647
O-5 $2,370 $1,779
O-6 $2,388 $1,848
O-7 $2,400 $1,878

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
County Cost Group 660 $1,449
County Cost Group 650 $1,443
County Cost Group 640 $1,434
County Cost Group 630 $1,425
County Cost Group 620 $1,419
County Cost Group 610 $1,410
Frankfort $1,410
Charleston $1,404
County Cost Group 600 $1,404
Columbus AFB $1,398
Hattiesburg $1,395
Sparta $1,395
County Cost Group 590 $1,392
Springfield $1,389
County Cost Group 580 $1,380
Columbia $1,377
Wichita $1,377
Albany $1,371
County Cost Group 570 $1,371
Cannon AFB $1,365
Paducah $1,365
Anniston $1,185

Hattiesburg is #309 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Hattiesburg0 – $2,400 / month
E-1 $1,317
E-2 $1,317
E-3 $1,317
E-4 $1,317
E-5 $1,395
E-6 $1,524
E-7 $1,644
E-8 $1,782
E-9 $1,950
W-1 $1,539
W-2 $1,701
W-3 $1,869
W-4 $1,980
W-5 $2,118
O-1E $1,668
O-2E $1,845
O-3E $2,001
O-1 $1,419
O-2 $1,521
O-3 $1,866
O-4 $2,160
O-5 $2,370
O-6 $2,388
O-7 $2,400

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Hattiesburg to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,732 a month — about 29 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.