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

    E-5 with dependents at Hattiesburg draws $1,395 per month in 2026

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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 loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA MS172 · ZIPs 39401 39402 39403 39404 39406 39407 +5 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,788 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,194 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Hattiesburg — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareHattiesburg · E-5 · $1,395/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,083+$12,996/yr · like +$16,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    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
    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

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $129 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 Hattiesburg to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,732 a month — about 29 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $129 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,395 a month of BAH takes more than $1,395 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.