Keesler Air Force Base BAH

Keesler Air Force Base is paid at GULFPORT, MS, housing area MS168. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,602 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Keesler Air Force Base sits inside GULFPORT, MS, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: MS168Rank at E-5: 259 of 338vs national median: -22%

Every pay grade at Keesler Air Force Base

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,509	$1,305	$18,108
E-2	$1,509	$1,305	$18,108
E-3	$1,509	$1,305	$18,108
E-4	$1,509	$1,305	$18,108
E-5	$1,602	$1,365	$19,224
E-6	$1,620	$1,416	$19,440
E-7	$1,770	$1,509	$21,240
E-8	$1,938	$1,611	$23,256
E-9	$2,139	$1,617	$25,668
W-1	$1,635	$1,488	$19,620
W-2	$1,836	$1,608	$22,032
W-3	$2,046	$1,620	$24,552
W-4	$2,175	$1,653	$26,100
W-5	$2,331	$1,806	$27,972
O-1E	$1,800	$1,599	$21,600
O-2E	$2,016	$1,614	$24,192
O-3E	$2,199	$1,650	$26,388
O-1	$1,614	$1,410	$19,368
O-2	$1,617	$1,575	$19,404
O-3	$2,040	$1,623	$24,480
O-4	$2,379	$1,785	$28,548
O-5	$2,625	$1,968	$31,500
O-6	$2,643	$2,025	$31,716
O-7	$2,658	$2,058	$31,896
O-8	$2,658	$2,058	$31,896
O-9	$2,658	$2,058	$31,896
O-10	$2,658	$2,058	$31,896

These are the GULFPORT, MS rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

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Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.