What is E-6 BAH at Coos Bay in 2026?

$1,662 per month without dependents ($19,944 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,214 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-6 BAH at Coos Bay 2026 — $1,662/mo without dependents

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

Coos Bay, OR

E-6 · without dependents

$1,662/ month

$19,944 / year

At E-6, this is #206 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,131 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,214 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Coos Bay — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,635	$1,341
E-2	$1,635	$1,341
E-3	$1,635	$1,341
E-4	$1,635	$1,341
E-5	$1,779	$1,428
E-6	$2,214	$1,662
E-7	$2,391	$1,794
E-8	$2,583	$1,938
E-9	$2,772	$2,079
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,238	$1,680
W-2	$2,469	$1,869
W-3	$2,706	$2,082
W-4	$2,796	$2,253
W-5	$2,910	$2,433
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,427	$1,821
O-2E	$2,670	$2,004
O-3E	$2,814	$2,208
Officer
O-1	$1,839	$1,488
O-2	$2,211	$1,797
O-3	$2,697	$2,085
O-4	$2,943	$2,400
O-5	$3,117	$2,508
O-6	$3,141	$2,685
O-7	$3,162	$2,730

What this rate means

E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month

New York City$5,070

Rock Island$1,680

Fort Campbell$1,671

Little Rock$1,671

Cheyenne$1,662

Coos Bay$1,662

Corpus Christi$1,662

Fort Leavenworth$1,662

County Cost Group 790$1,656

Des Moines$1,656

Youngstown$1,077

Coos Bay is #206 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Coos Bay0 – $2,730 / month

E-1$1,341

E-2$1,341

E-3$1,341

E-4$1,341

E-5$1,428

E-6$1,662

E-7$1,794

E-8$1,938

E-9$2,079

W-1$1,680

W-2$1,869

W-3$2,082

W-4$2,253

W-5$2,433

O-1E$1,821

O-2E$2,004

O-3E$2,208

O-1$1,488

O-2$1,797

O-3$2,085

O-4$2,400

O-5$2,508

O-6$2,685

O-7$2,730

Promoting to E-7 here adds $132 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 Coos Bay to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,408 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,662 a month of BAH takes more than $1,662 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-6 without dependents at Coos Bay draws $1,662 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you