What is E-2 BAH at County Cost Group 560 in 2026?

$1,017 per month without dependents ($12,204 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $1,260 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-2 BAH at County Cost Group 560 2026 — $1,017/mo without dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

County Cost Group 560

E-2 · without dependents

$1,017/ month

$12,204 / year

At E-2, this is #326 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,304 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,260 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

County Cost Group 560 — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,260	$1,017
E-2	$1,260	$1,017
E-3	$1,260	$1,017
E-4	$1,260	$1,017
E-5	$1,362	$1,101
E-6	$1,659	$1,242
E-7	$1,725	$1,293
E-8	$1,800	$1,425
E-9	$1,908	$1,506
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,677	$1,257
W-2	$1,755	$1,422
W-3	$1,851	$1,521
W-4	$1,932	$1,668
W-5	$2,037	$1,743
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,737	$1,359
O-2E	$1,833	$1,488
O-3E	$1,947	$1,650
Officer
O-1	$1,404	$1,155
O-2	$1,656	$1,332
O-3	$1,848	$1,548
O-4	$2,067	$1,722
O-5	$2,226	$1,761
O-6	$2,241	$1,827
O-7	$2,253	$1,854

What this rate means

E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month

New York City$4,833

Meridian$1,032

Paducah$1,029

Fort Polk$1,026

County Cost Group 570$1,023

County Cost Group 560$1,017

County Cost Group 550$1,011

Frankfort$1,011

Vance AFB$1,008

County Cost Group 540$1,005

Fort Chaffee$879

County Cost Group 560 is #326 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 5600 – $1,854 / month

E-1$1,017

E-2$1,017

E-3$1,017

E-4$1,017

E-5$1,101

E-6$1,242

E-7$1,293

E-8$1,425

E-9$1,506

W-1$1,257

W-2$1,422

W-3$1,521

W-4$1,668

W-5$1,743

O-1E$1,359

O-2E$1,488

O-3E$1,650

O-1$1,155

O-2$1,332

O-3$1,548

O-4$1,722

O-5$1,761

O-6$1,827

O-7$1,854

Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Dependency status is worth 24% 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.

None of it is taxed. $1,017 a month of BAH takes more than $1,017 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

E-2 without dependents at County Cost Group 560 draws $1,017 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you