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 Seymour Johnson AFB draws $1,428 per month in 2026

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    Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,428/ month
    $17,136 / year
    At E-5, this is #240 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA NC183 · ZIPs 27504 27524 27530 27531 27532 27533 +20 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,831 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,521 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Seymour Johnson AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith 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
    PCS compareSeymour Johnson AFB · 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
    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
    Moody AFB$1,416
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Seymour Johnson AFB is #240 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 Seymour Johnson AFB0 – $2,244 / month
    E-1$1,365
    E-2$1,365
    E-3$1,365
    E-4$1,365
    E-5$1,428
    E-6$1,479
    E-7$1,539
    E-8$1,620
    E-9$1,734
    W-1$1,509
    W-2$1,608
    W-3$1,752
    W-4$1,968
    W-5$2,073
    O-1E$1,551
    O-2E$1,707
    O-3E$1,944
    O-1$1,476
    O-2$1,542
    O-3$1,794
    O-4$2,052
    O-5$2,109
    O-6$2,208
    O-7$2,244

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $51 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 Seymour Johnson AFB to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,552 a month — about 70 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $51 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 7% 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.