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 $2,598Without $2,037

    E-9 at Jackson draws $2,598 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,037 without

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    Jackson, MS
    E-9 · with dependents
    $2,598/ month
    $31,176 / year
    At E-9, this is #170 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,882 · low Anniston $1,755
    MHA MS170 · ZIPs 39041 39042 39043 39045 39046 39047 +56 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,331 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,037 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Jackson — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareJackson · E-9 · $2,598/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,165/mo · $37,980/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$567+$6,804/yr · like +$8,723 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
    Westchester County$6,882
    New Orleans$2,634
    Chattanooga$2,631
    Durham$2,631
    Grand Haven$2,610
    Jackson$2,598
    Myrtle Beach$2,598
    Bloomington$2,595
    Provo$2,592
    Battle Creek$2,589
    Anniston$1,755

    Jackson is #170 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Jackson0 – $3,129 / month
    E-1$1,818
    E-2$1,818
    E-3$1,818
    E-4$1,818
    E-5$1,920
    E-6$2,163
    E-7$2,286
    E-8$2,418
    E-9$2,598
    W-1$2,181
    W-2$2,340
    W-3$2,505
    W-4$2,634
    W-5$2,790
    O-1E$2,307
    O-2E$2,481
    O-3E$2,658
    O-1$1,956
    O-2$2,160
    O-3$2,502
    O-4$2,841
    O-5$3,084
    O-6$3,108
    O-7$3,129

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,598 a month of BAH takes more than $2,598 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.