Fort Johnson BAH

Fort Johnson is paid at FORT POLK, LA, housing area LA115. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,218 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Fort Johnson sits inside FORT POLK, LA, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: LA115Rank at E-5: 334 of 338vs national median: -41%

Every pay grade at Fort Johnson

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,206	$1,026	$14,472
E-2	$1,206	$1,026	$14,472
E-3	$1,206	$1,026	$14,472
E-4	$1,206	$1,026	$14,472
E-5	$1,218	$1,128	$14,616
E-6	$1,833	$1,374	$21,996
E-7	$1,872	$1,404	$22,464
E-8	$1,911	$1,434	$22,932
E-9	$1,989	$1,527	$23,868
W-1	$1,854	$1,392	$22,248
W-2	$1,887	$1,416	$22,644
W-3	$1,941	$1,551	$23,292
W-4	$2,010	$1,839	$24,120
W-5	$2,100	$1,881	$25,200
O-1E	$1,875	$1,410	$22,500
O-2E	$1,929	$1,488	$23,148
O-3E	$2,022	$1,827	$24,264
O-1	$1,296	$1,191	$15,552
O-2	$1,827	$1,407	$21,924
O-3	$1,938	$1,611	$23,256
O-4	$2,124	$1,866	$25,488
O-5	$2,262	$1,884	$27,144
O-6	$2,277	$1,917	$27,324
O-7	$2,289	$1,947	$27,468
O-8	$2,289	$1,947	$27,468
O-9	$2,289	$1,947	$27,468
O-10	$2,289	$1,947	$27,468

These are the FORT POLK, LA rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

Fort Polk

Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.