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

    W-3 without dependents at Meridian draws $1,524 per month in 2026

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    Meridian, MS
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,524/ month
    $18,288 / year
    At W-3, this is #323 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA MS171 · ZIPs 39057 39301 39302 39303 39304 39305 +14 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,954 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,959 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Meridian — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,194$1,032
    E-2$1,194$1,032
    E-3$1,194$1,032
    E-4$1,194$1,032
    E-5$1,290$1,062
    E-6$1,545$1,155
    E-7$1,692$1,269
    E-8$1,854$1,392
    E-9$2,028$1,521
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,563$1,173
    W-2$1,758$1,344
    W-3$1,959$1,524
    W-4$2,052$1,572
    W-5$2,169$1,728
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,722$1,293
    O-2E$1,929$1,446
    O-3E$2,070$1,554
    Officer
    O-1$1,329$1,092
    O-2$1,542$1,272
    O-3$1,953$1,527
    O-4$2,202$1,698
    O-5$2,382$1,788
    O-6$2,400$1,938
    O-7$2,412$1,968
    PCS compareMeridian · W-3 · $1,524/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,095+$13,140/yr · like +$16,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Stevens Point$1,536
    Alexandria$1,533
    County Cost Group 570$1,530
    Fort Chaffee$1,524
    Meridian$1,524
    County Cost Group 560$1,521
    Albany$1,512
    County Cost Group 550$1,509
    County Cost Group 540$1,503
    Youngstown$1,341

    Meridian is #323 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Meridian0 – $1,968 / month
    E-1$1,032
    E-2$1,032
    E-3$1,032
    E-4$1,032
    E-5$1,062
    E-6$1,155
    E-7$1,269
    E-8$1,392
    E-9$1,521
    W-1$1,173
    W-2$1,344
    W-3$1,524
    W-4$1,572
    W-5$1,728
    O-1E$1,293
    O-2E$1,446
    O-3E$1,554
    O-1$1,092
    O-2$1,272
    O-3$1,527
    O-4$1,698
    O-5$1,788
    O-6$1,938
    O-7$1,968

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $48 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 Meridian to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,777 a month — about 79 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $48 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $1,524 a month of BAH takes more than $1,524 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.