What is E-5 BAH at Scott AFB in 2026?

$1,542 per month with dependents ($18,504 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $1,422 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.

E-5 BAH at Scott AFB 2026 — $1,542/mo with dependents

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

Scott AFB, IL

E-5 · with dependents

$1,542/ month

$18,504 / year

At E-5, this is #275 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,977 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,422 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Scott AFB — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,536	$1,233
E-2	$1,536	$1,233
E-3	$1,536	$1,233
E-4	$1,536	$1,233
E-5	$1,542	$1,422
E-6	$1,998	$1,530
E-7	$2,076	$1,557
E-8	$2,157	$1,638
E-9	$2,325	$1,770
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,019	$1,551
W-2	$2,109	$1,635
W-3	$2,211	$1,788
W-4	$2,367	$2,013
W-5	$2,562	$2,094
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,088	$1,566
O-2E	$2,193	$1,740
O-3E	$2,397	$1,992
Officer
O-1	$1,602	$1,527
O-2	$1,995	$1,560
O-3	$2,208	$1,830
O-4	$2,625	$2,073
O-5	$2,928	$2,196
O-6	$2,952	$2,214
O-7	$2,970	$2,229

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month

San Francisco$5,127

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

Anniston$1,185

Scott AFB is #275 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 Scott AFB0 – $2,970 / month

E-1$1,536

E-2$1,536

E-3$1,536

E-4$1,536

E-5$1,542

E-6$1,998

E-7$2,076

E-8$2,157

E-9$2,325

W-1$2,019

W-2$2,109

W-3$2,211

W-4$2,367

W-5$2,562

O-1E$2,088

O-2E$2,193

O-3E$2,397

O-1$1,602

O-2$1,995

O-3$2,208

O-4$2,625

O-5$2,928

O-6$2,952

O-7$2,970

Promoting to E-6 here adds $456 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 Scott AFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,585 a month — about 8 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $456 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 8% 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. $1,542 a month of BAH takes more than $1,542 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.

E-5 with dependents at Scott AFB draws $1,542 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you