BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

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

Duty station or MHA

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Or type your rank

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Enlisted
E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
Warrant
W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
Prior enl.
O-1EO-2EO-3E
Officer
O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
Dependents
With $1,548 Without $1,287

E-5 at Johnson City draws $1,548 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,287 without

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Johnson City/Kingsport, TN
E-5 · with dependents
$1,548/ month
$18,576 / year
At E-5, this is #273 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA TN353 · ZIPs 24201 24202 24203 24205 24209 37601 +36 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $1,985 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,287 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Johnson City · E-5 · $1,548/mo
Johnson City $1,548/mo · $18,576/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Johnson City — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,467 $1,125
E-2 $1,467 $1,125
E-3 $1,467 $1,125
E-4 $1,467 $1,125
E-5 $1,548 $1,287
E-6 $2,124 $1,593
E-7 $2,205 $1,653
E-8 $2,292 $1,719
E-9 $2,433 $1,839
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,145 $1,611
W-2 $2,241 $1,680
W-3 $2,346 $1,860
W-4 $2,466 $2,139
W-5 $2,616 $2,223
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,220 $1,665
O-2E $2,331 $1,800
O-3E $2,490 $2,118
Officer
O-1 $1,623 $1,380
O-2 $2,118 $1,656
O-3 $2,343 $1,914
O-4 $2,664 $2,202
O-5 $2,895 $2,247
O-6 $2,919 $2,325
O-7 $2,937 $2,364

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Holloman AFB $1,590
Camp Lejeune $1,584
Lafayette $1,584
Akron $1,581
Goodfellow AFB $1,578
Fort Rucker $1,572
Peoria $1,572
China Lake $1,563
County Cost Group 730 $1,557
Sioux Falls $1,554
Johnson City $1,548
Minot AFB $1,548
Scott AFB $1,542
Champaign $1,539
County Cost Group 720 $1,536
Lexington $1,536
Sault Ste Marie $1,536
Huntington $1,533
Springfield $1,527
Moody AFB $1,524
Seymour Johnson AFB $1,521
Anniston $1,185

Johnson City is #273 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Johnson City0 – $2,937 / month
E-1 $1,467
E-2 $1,467
E-3 $1,467
E-4 $1,467
E-5 $1,548
E-6 $2,124
E-7 $2,205
E-8 $2,292
E-9 $2,433
W-1 $2,145
W-2 $2,241
W-3 $2,346
W-4 $2,466
W-5 $2,616
O-1E $2,220
O-2E $2,331
O-3E $2,490
O-1 $1,623
O-2 $2,118
O-3 $2,343
O-4 $2,664
O-5 $2,895
O-6 $2,919
O-7 $2,937

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Johnson City to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,579 a month — about 6 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

01

“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.

02

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.

03

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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.