BAH 2026Military housing area MS171
Meridian, MS BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Meridian, MS military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 20 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,290a monthtied for 329th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,062a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $1,953a monthtied for 301st highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 20in this DoD area
Meridian, MS pays $1,290 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 329th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for MS171. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| 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 officers | ||
| 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 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,722 | $1,293 |
| O‑2E | $1,929 | $1,446 |
| O‑3E | $2,070 | $1,554 |
| Officers | ||
| 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 |
| O‑8† | $2,412 | $1,968 |
| O‑9† | $2,412 | $1,968 |
| O‑10† | $2,412 | $1,968 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 20 ZIP codes in Meridian, MS (MS171). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 39309, the ZIP of Naval Air Station Meridian.
Show all 20 ZIP codesAll 20 ZIP codes
- 390xx
- 39057
- 393xx
- 39301 39302 39303 39304 39305 39307 39309 39320 39323 39325 39326 39327 39332 39335 39336 39337 39342 39345 39364
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in MS171; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in Mississippi
Areas whose DoD code starts with MS, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.