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-8 without dependents at Hattiesburg draws $1,428 per month in 2026

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    Hattiesburg, MS
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,428/ month
    $17,136 / year
    At E-8, this is #319 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA MS172 · ZIPs 39401 39402 39403 39404 39406 39407 +5 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,831 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,782 with 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-8 · $1,428/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,110+$13,320/yr · like +$17,077 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Wichita$1,443
    County Cost Group 570$1,434
    Fort Polk$1,434
    Fort Riley$1,434
    Hattiesburg$1,428
    County Cost Group 560$1,425
    Fort Chaffee$1,419
    Lake Charles$1,419
    Cannon AFB$1,416
    Youngstown$1,248

    Hattiesburg is #319 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Hattiesburg0 – $1,878 / month
    E-1$1,143
    E-2$1,143
    E-3$1,143
    E-4$1,143
    E-5$1,194
    E-6$1,239
    E-7$1,314
    E-8$1,428
    E-9$1,464
    W-1$1,302
    W-2$1,425
    W-3$1,467
    W-4$1,545
    W-5$1,674
    O-1E$1,392
    O-2E$1,446
    O-3E$1,512
    O-1$1,233
    O-2$1,374
    O-3$1,470
    O-4$1,647
    O-5$1,779
    O-6$1,848
    O-7$1,878

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $36 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-8 is worth $3,768 a month — about 105 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $36 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,428 a month of BAH takes more than $1,428 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.