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
    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
    WithWithout

    O-1 without dependents at Johnson City draws $1,380 per month in 2026

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    Johnson City/Kingsport, TN
    O-1 · without dependents
    $1,380/ month
    $16,560 / year
    At O-1, this is #266 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA TN353 · ZIPs 24201 24202 24203 24205 24209 37601 +36 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,769 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,623 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Johnson City — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareJohnson City · O-1 · $1,380/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$675+$8,100/yr · like +$10,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    County Cost Group 750$1,404
    Yuma$1,401
    Bismarck$1,398
    Champaign$1,392
    Johnson City$1,380
    Topeka$1,377
    Sumter$1,374
    Sparta$1,362
    County Cost Group 740$1,359
    Youngstown$1,074

    Johnson City is #266 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Johnson City0 – $2,364 / month
    E-1$1,125
    E-2$1,125
    E-3$1,125
    E-4$1,125
    E-5$1,287
    E-6$1,593
    E-7$1,653
    E-8$1,719
    E-9$1,839
    W-1$1,611
    W-2$1,680
    W-3$1,860
    W-4$2,139
    W-5$2,223
    O-1E$1,665
    O-2E$1,800
    O-3E$2,118
    O-1$1,380
    O-2$1,656
    O-3$1,914
    O-4$2,202
    O-5$2,247
    O-6$2,325
    O-7$2,364

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $276 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Johnson City to New York City at O-1 is worth $3,687 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $276 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,380 a month of BAH takes more than $1,380 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.