What is E-5 BAH at Erie in 2026?

$1,464 per month with dependents ($17,568 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,329 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 Erie 2026 — $1,464 with dependents, $1,329 without

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

Erie, PA

E-5 · with dependents

$1,464/ month

$17,568 / year

At E-5, this is #297 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,877 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,329 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Erie — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,452	$1,143
E-2	$1,452	$1,143
E-3	$1,452	$1,143
E-4	$1,452	$1,143
E-5	$1,464	$1,329
E-6	$1,680	$1,437
E-7	$1,746	$1,467
E-8	$1,824	$1,515
E-9	$1,929	$1,569
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,695	$1,464
W-2	$1,779	$1,512
W-3	$1,875	$1,578
W-4	$1,950	$1,689
W-5	$2,049	$1,764
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,758	$1,473
O-2E	$1,857	$1,554
O-3E	$1,965	$1,668
Officer
O-1	$1,500	$1,434
O-2	$1,677	$1,470
O-3	$1,872	$1,596
O-4	$2,076	$1,743
O-5	$2,226	$1,782
O-6	$2,241	$1,851
O-7	$2,253	$1,881

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

Fort Leonard Wood$1,479

Lubbock$1,476

County Cost Group 680$1,470

Laughlin AFB$1,470

Erie$1,464

County Cost Group 670$1,461

County Cost Group 660$1,449

County Cost Group 650$1,443

County Cost Group 640$1,434

Anniston$1,185

Erie is #297 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 Erie0 – $2,253 / month

E-1$1,452

E-2$1,452

E-3$1,452

E-4$1,452

E-5$1,464

E-6$1,680

E-7$1,746

E-8$1,824

E-9$1,929

W-1$1,695

W-2$1,779

W-3$1,875

W-4$1,950

W-5$2,049

O-1E$1,758

O-2E$1,857

O-3E$1,965

O-1$1,500

O-2$1,677

O-3$1,872

O-4$2,076

O-5$2,226

O-6$2,241

O-7$2,253

Promoting to E-6 here adds $216 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 Erie to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,663 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $216 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $1,464 a month of BAH takes more than $1,464 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 Erie draws $1,464 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,329 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you