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Meridian BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MS171

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O-7 · With dependents
$2,412per month

$28,944 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #298 of 338O-7 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,092/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$162/mo · +7.2%2025 $2,250 → 2026 $2,412
O-7 rate selectedMHA MS171 ZIPs 39057 39301 39302 39303 39304 39305 +14
PCS compare Meridian · O-7 · with dep. · $2,412/mo
Meridian $2,412/mo · $28,944/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,250
2026$2,412

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Meridian — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
Westchester County $8,208
San Antonio (JBSA) $2,490
Yuma $2,487
County Cost Group 720 $2,481
Wichita $2,478
County Cost Group 710 $2,454
Goodfellow AFB $2,448
Vance AFB $2,445
Springfield $2,442
County Cost Group 700 $2,433
County Cost Group 690 $2,412
Meridian $2,412
Bismarck $2,409
Holloman AFB $2,406
Fort Chaffee $2,400
Hattiesburg $2,400
County Cost Group 680 $2,397
White Sands MR $2,388
County Cost Group 670 $2,385
Altus AFB $2,373
County Cost Group 660 $2,370
Oklahoma City $2,367
Youngstown $1,845

Meridian is #298 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Meridian0 – $2,412 / month
E-1 $1,194
E-2 $1,194
E-3 $1,194
E-4 $1,194
E-5 $1,290
E-6 $1,545
E-7 $1,692
E-8 $1,854
E-9 $2,028
W-1 $1,563
W-2 $1,758
W-3 $1,959
W-4 $2,052
W-5 $2,169
O-1E $1,722
O-2E $1,929
O-3E $2,070
O-1 $1,329
O-2 $1,542
O-3 $1,953
O-4 $2,202
O-5 $2,382
O-6 $2,400
O-7 $2,412

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

What the rate table does not 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.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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