What is E-5 BAH at Eastern Panhandle in 2026?

$1,677 per month without dependents ($20,124 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,058 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 Eastern Panhandle 2026 — $1,677/mo without dependents

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

Eastern Panhandle, WV

E-5 · without dependents

$1,677/ month

$20,124 / year

At E-5, this is #168 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,150 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,058 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Eastern Panhandle — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,899	$1,587
E-2	$1,899	$1,587
E-3	$1,899	$1,587
E-4	$1,899	$1,587
E-5	$2,058	$1,677
E-6	$2,253	$1,752
E-7	$2,334	$1,902
E-8	$2,421	$2,103
E-9	$2,568	$2,151
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,271	$1,854
W-2	$2,370	$2,100
W-3	$2,481	$2,160
W-4	$2,598	$2,265
W-5	$2,748	$2,352
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,346	$2,055
O-2E	$2,463	$2,139
O-3E	$2,622	$2,244
Officer
O-1	$2,091	$1,737
O-2	$2,250	$2,010
O-3	$2,478	$2,178
O-4	$2,796	$2,331
O-5	$3,027	$2,376
O-6	$3,051	$2,457
O-7	$3,072	$2,499

What this rate means

E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month

New York City$4,980

Albuquerque$1,689

Boise$1,686

County Cost Group 810$1,683

Lemoore NAS$1,680

Eastern Panhandle$1,677

Salt Lake City$1,671

Ogden$1,668

Houston$1,665

Spokane$1,665

Fort Chaffee$996

Eastern Panhandle is #168 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 Eastern Panhandle0 – $2,499 / month

E-1$1,587

E-2$1,587

E-3$1,587

E-4$1,587

E-5$1,677

E-6$1,752

E-7$1,902

E-8$2,103

E-9$2,151

W-1$1,854

W-2$2,100

W-3$2,160

W-4$2,265

W-5$2,352

O-1E$2,055

O-2E$2,139

O-3E$2,244

O-1$1,737

O-2$2,010

O-3$2,178

O-4$2,331

O-5$2,376

O-6$2,457

O-7$2,499

Promoting to E-6 here adds $75 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 Eastern Panhandle to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,303 a month — about 44 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,677 a month of BAH takes more than $1,677 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 without dependents at Eastern Panhandle draws $1,677 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you