What is O-1E BAH at Lincoln in 2026?

$2,181 per month with dependents ($26,172 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $1,785 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.

O-1E BAH at Lincoln 2026 — $2,181/mo with dependents

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

Lincoln, NE

O-1E · with dependents

$2,181/ month

$26,172 / year

At O-1E, this is #222 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,931 · low Youngstown $1,521

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,796 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,785 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Lincoln — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With 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

O-1E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,931 / month

Westchester County$5,931

Morehead$2,205

Wichita Fls$2,202

Fort Gordon$2,193

Toledo$2,187

Lincoln$2,181

Bloomington$2,175

Fort Bliss$2,175

Fayetteville$2,175

Lexington$2,175

Youngstown$1,521

Lincoln is #222 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,410 a month — $52,920 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

Promoting to O-2E here adds $87 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Lincoln to Westchester County at O-1E is worth $3,750 a month — about 43 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $87 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,181 a month of BAH takes more than $2,181 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.

O-1E with dependents at Lincoln draws $2,181 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you