National Guard Jackson Barracks BAH

National Guard Jackson Barracks is paid at NEW ORLEANS, LA, housing area LA116. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,905 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. National Guard Jackson Barracks sits inside NEW ORLEANS, LA, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: LA116Rank at E-5: 197 of 338vs national median: -8%

Every pay grade at National Guard Jackson Barracks

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,779	$1,473	$21,348
E-2	$1,779	$1,473	$21,348
E-3	$1,779	$1,473	$21,348
E-4	$1,779	$1,473	$21,348
E-5	$1,905	$1,581	$22,860
E-6	$2,373	$1,779	$28,476
E-7	$2,439	$1,830	$29,268
E-8	$2,508	$2,004	$30,096
E-9	$2,634	$2,139	$31,608
W-1	$2,394	$1,797	$28,728
W-2	$2,466	$2,001	$29,592
W-3	$2,556	$2,157	$30,672
W-4	$2,664	$2,385	$31,968
W-5	$2,805	$2,454	$33,660
O-1E	$2,448	$1,902	$29,376
O-2E	$2,541	$2,109	$30,492
O-3E	$2,688	$2,367	$32,256
O-1	$1,968	$1,650	$23,616
O-2	$2,370	$1,866	$28,440
O-3	$2,553	$2,202	$30,636
O-4	$2,847	$2,436	$34,164
O-5	$3,060	$2,472	$36,720
O-6	$3,084	$2,532	$37,008
O-7	$3,105	$2,574	$37,260
O-8	$3,105	$2,574	$37,260
O-9	$3,105	$2,574	$37,260
O-10	$3,105	$2,574	$37,260

These are the NEW ORLEANS, LA 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.

Coast Guard Station Grand Isle
Coast Guard Station New Orleans
Coast Guard Station Venice
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant
National Guard Camp Villere
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
Naval Support Activity New Orleans

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.