BAH 2026Military housing area NE193
Lincoln, NE BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Lincoln, NE military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 43 ZIP codes it covers.
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- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,788a monthtied for 227th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,428a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,280a monthtied for 225th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 43in this DoD area
Lincoln, NE pays $1,788 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 227th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for NE193. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| 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 officers | ||
| 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 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,181 | $1,785 |
| O‑2E | $2,268 | $1,926 |
| O‑3E | $2,382 | $2,103 |
| Officers | ||
| 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 |
| O‑8† | $2,703 | $2,295 |
| O‑9† | $2,703 | $2,295 |
| O‑10† | $2,703 | $2,295 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 43 ZIP codes in Lincoln, NE (NE193). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 68317, one ZIP in this area.
Show all 43 ZIP codesAll 43 ZIP codes
- 683xx
- 68317 68336 68339 68358 68368 68372
- 684xx
- 68402 68404 68419 68428 68430 68438 68461 68462
- 685xx
- 68501 68502 68503 68504 68505 68506 68507 68508 68509 68510 68512 68514 68516 68517 68520 68521 68522 68523 68524 68526 68527 68528 68529 68531 68532 68542 68544 68583 68588
Other areas in Nebraska
Areas whose DoD code starts with NE, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.