National Guard Maneuver Training Area Camp Shelby BAH

National Guard Maneuver Training Area Camp Shelby is paid at HATTIESBURG, MS, housing area MS172. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,395 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 Maneuver Training Area Camp Shelby sits inside HATTIESBURG, MS, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: MS172Rank at E-5: 309 of 338vs national median: -32%

Every pay grade at National Guard Maneuver Training Area Camp Shelby

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,317	$1,143	$15,804
E-2	$1,317	$1,143	$15,804
E-3	$1,317	$1,143	$15,804
E-4	$1,317	$1,143	$15,804
E-5	$1,395	$1,194	$16,740
E-6	$1,524	$1,239	$18,288
E-7	$1,644	$1,314	$19,728
E-8	$1,782	$1,428	$21,384
E-9	$1,950	$1,464	$23,400
W-1	$1,539	$1,302	$18,468
W-2	$1,701	$1,425	$20,412
W-3	$1,869	$1,467	$22,428
W-4	$1,980	$1,545	$23,760
W-5	$2,118	$1,674	$25,416
O-1E	$1,668	$1,392	$20,016
O-2E	$1,845	$1,446	$22,140
O-3E	$2,001	$1,512	$24,012
O-1	$1,419	$1,233	$17,028
O-2	$1,521	$1,374	$18,252
O-3	$1,866	$1,470	$22,392
O-4	$2,160	$1,647	$25,920
O-5	$2,370	$1,779	$28,440
O-6	$2,388	$1,848	$28,656
O-7	$2,400	$1,878	$28,800
O-8	$2,400	$1,878	$28,800
O-9	$2,400	$1,878	$28,800
O-10	$2,400	$1,878	$28,800

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

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.