What is E-5 BAH at Astoria in 2026?

$2,055 per month with dependents ($24,660 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,713 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 Astoria 2026 — $2,055 with dependents, $1,713 without

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

Astoria, OR

E-5 · with dependents

$2,055/ month

$24,660 / year

At E-5, this is #172 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,635 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,713 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Astoria — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,914	$1,623
E-2	$1,914	$1,623
E-3	$1,914	$1,623
E-4	$1,914	$1,623
E-5	$2,055	$1,713
E-6	$2,796	$2,097
E-7	$2,949	$2,211
E-8	$3,114	$2,337
E-9	$3,291	$2,469
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,817	$2,112
W-2	$3,015	$2,262
W-3	$3,219	$2,472
W-4	$3,318	$2,829
W-5	$3,444	$2,985
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,979	$2,235
O-2E	$3,189	$2,391
O-3E	$3,339	$2,790
Officer
O-1	$2,145	$1,773
O-2	$2,787	$2,214
O-3	$3,213	$2,526
O-4	$3,480	$2,955
O-5	$3,672	$3,045
O-6	$3,702	$3,198
O-7	$3,729	$3,252

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

County Cost Group 810$2,064

Duluth$2,064

Eastern Panhandle$2,058

Provo$2,058

Astoria$2,055

Syracuse$2,049

Gainesville$2,040

Wilmington$2,040

Toledo$2,031

Anniston$1,185

Astoria is #172 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 Astoria0 – $3,729 / month

E-1$1,914

E-2$1,914

E-3$1,914

E-4$1,914

E-5$2,055

E-6$2,796

E-7$2,949

E-8$3,114

E-9$3,291

W-1$2,817

W-2$3,015

W-3$3,219

W-4$3,318

W-5$3,444

O-1E$2,979

O-2E$3,189

O-3E$3,339

O-1$2,145

O-2$2,787

O-3$3,213

O-4$3,480

O-5$3,672

O-6$3,702

O-7$3,729

Promoting to E-6 here adds $741 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 Astoria to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,072 a month — about 4 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $741 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $2,055 a month of BAH takes more than $2,055 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 at Astoria draws $2,055 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,713 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you