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
    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

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

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    Lincoln, NE
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,428/ month
    $17,136 / year
    At E-5, this is #239 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA NE193 · ZIPs 68317 68336 68339 68358 68368 68372 +37 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,831 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,788 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Lincoln — full sheetTap 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
    PCS compareLincoln · E-5 · $1,428/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$558+$6,696/yr · like +$8,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Montgomery$1,431
    China Lake$1,428
    Coos Bay$1,428
    Davis-Monthan AFB$1,428
    Lincoln$1,428
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,428
    County Cost Group 770$1,425
    Fort Drum$1,422
    Scott AFB$1,422
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Lincoln is #239 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Lincoln0 – $2,295 / month
    E-1$1,326
    E-2$1,326
    E-3$1,326
    E-4$1,326
    E-5$1,428
    E-6$1,581
    E-7$1,644
    E-8$1,857
    E-9$1,947
    W-1$1,602
    W-2$1,854
    W-3$1,959
    W-4$2,118
    W-5$2,184
    O-1E$1,785
    O-2E$1,926
    O-3E$2,103
    O-1$1,494
    O-2$1,743
    O-3$1,992
    O-4$2,166
    O-5$2,199
    O-6$2,259
    O-7$2,295

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $153 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 Lincoln to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,552 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $153 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,428 a month of BAH takes more than $1,428 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.