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

Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.

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 $1,788 Without $1,428

E-5 at Lincoln draws $1,788 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,428 without

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Lincoln, NE
E-5 · with dependents
$1,788/ month
$21,456 / year
At E-5, this is #227 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA NE193 · ZIPs 68317 68336 68339 68358 68368 68372 +37 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,292 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,428 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Lincoln · E-5 · $1,788/mo
Lincoln $1,788/mo · $21,456/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.

Lincoln — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $1,641 $1,326
E-2 $1,641 $1,326
E-3 $1,641 $1,326
E-4 $1,641 $1,326
E-5 $1,788 $1,428
E-6 $2,112 $1,581
E-7 $2,172 $1,644
E-8 $2,238 $1,857
E-9 $2,343 $1,947
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,130 $1,602
W-2 $2,199 $1,854
W-3 $2,283 $1,959
W-4 $2,364 $2,118
W-5 $2,472 $2,184
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,181 $1,785
O-2E $2,268 $1,926
O-3E $2,382 $2,103
Officer
O-1 $1,833 $1,494
O-2 $2,109 $1,743
O-3 $2,280 $1,992
O-4 $2,502 $2,166
O-5 $2,667 $2,199
O-6 $2,688 $2,259
O-7 $2,703 $2,295

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Campbell $1,815
Fort Leavenworth $1,815
Fort Bliss $1,809
Greensboro $1,809
Fort Bragg $1,806
Lansing $1,806
Robins AFB $1,800
Huntsville $1,797
State College $1,791
Corpus Christi $1,788
Lincoln $1,788
Fayetteville $1,782
Coos Bay $1,779
Des Moines $1,770
College Station $1,758
Waco $1,755
County Cost Group 770 $1,752
Wilkes-Barre $1,740
Grand Forks $1,731
Fort Huachuca $1,719
Fort Benning $1,716
Anniston $1,185

Lincoln is #227 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 Lincoln0 – $2,703 / month
E-1 $1,641
E-2 $1,641
E-3 $1,641
E-4 $1,641
E-5 $1,788
E-6 $2,112
E-7 $2,172
E-8 $2,238
E-9 $2,343
W-1 $2,130
W-2 $2,199
W-3 $2,283
W-4 $2,364
W-5 $2,472
O-1E $2,181
O-2E $2,268
O-3E $2,382
O-1 $1,833
O-2 $2,109
O-3 $2,280
O-4 $2,502
O-5 $2,667
O-6 $2,688
O-7 $2,703

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

Moving from Lincoln to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,339 a month — about 10 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.