What is E-4 BAH at Seymour Johnson AFB in 2026?

$1,500 per month with dependents ($18,000 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,365 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-4 BAH at Seymour Johnson AFB 2026 — $1,500 with dependents, $1,365 without

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

Seymour Johnson AFB, NC

E-4 · with dependents

$1,500/ month

$18,000 / year

At E-4, this is #266 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134

MHA NC183 · ZIPs 27504 27524 27530 27531 27532 27533 +20 more

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,923 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,365 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Seymour Johnson AFB — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,500	$1,365
E-2	$1,500	$1,365
E-3	$1,500	$1,365
E-4	$1,500	$1,365
E-5	$1,521	$1,428
E-6	$1,950	$1,479
E-7	$2,052	$1,539
E-8	$2,160	$1,620
E-9	$2,295	$1,734
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,971	$1,509
W-2	$2,094	$1,608
W-3	$2,229	$1,752
W-4	$2,322	$1,968
W-5	$2,436	$2,073
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,067	$1,551
O-2E	$2,208	$1,707
O-3E	$2,340	$1,944
Officer
O-1	$1,578	$1,476
O-2	$1,947	$1,542
O-3	$2,226	$1,794
O-4	$2,472	$2,052
O-5	$2,649	$2,109
O-6	$2,667	$2,208
O-7	$2,685	$2,244

What this rate means

E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month

New York City$5,067

Moody AFB$1,503

Topeka$1,503

White Sands MR$1,503

Bismarck$1,500

Seymour Johnson AFB$1,500

Beaumont$1,488

County Cost Group 740$1,476

Champaign$1,467

Johnson City$1,467

Youngstown$1,134

Seymour Johnson AFB is #266 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Seymour Johnson AFB0 – $2,685 / month

E-1$1,500

E-2$1,500

E-3$1,500

E-4$1,500

E-5$1,521

E-6$1,950

E-7$2,052

E-8$2,160

E-9$2,295

W-1$1,971

W-2$2,094

W-3$2,229

W-4$2,322

W-5$2,436

O-1E$2,067

O-2E$2,208

O-3E$2,340

O-1$1,578

O-2$1,947

O-3$2,226

O-4$2,472

O-5$2,649

O-6$2,667

O-7$2,685

Promoting to E-5 here adds $21 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 Seymour Johnson AFB to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,567 a month — about 170 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $21 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $1,500 a month of BAH takes more than $1,500 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-4 at Seymour Johnson AFB draws $1,500 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,365 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you