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
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    Dependents
    With $1,317Without $1,143

    E-1 at Hattiesburg draws $1,317 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,143 without

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    Hattiesburg, MS
    E-1 · with dependents
    $1,317/ month
    $15,804 / year
    At E-1, this is #306 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA MS172 · ZIPs 39401 39402 39403 39404 39406 39407 +5 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,688 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,143 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Hattiesburg — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHattiesburg · E-1 · $1,317/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$951+$11,412/yr · like +$14,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Saginaw$1,329
    Albany$1,326
    County Cost Group 630$1,320
    Wichita$1,320
    Hattiesburg$1,317
    County Cost Group 620$1,314
    Charleston$1,308
    County Cost Group 610$1,308
    Columbus AFB$1,302
    Youngstown$1,134

    Hattiesburg is #306 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 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

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $1,317 a month of BAH takes more than $1,317 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.