What is E-5 BAH at Fallon NAS in 2026?

$1,455 per month without dependents ($17,460 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $1,596 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 Fallon NAS 2026 — $1,455/mo without dependents

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

Fallon NAS, NV

E-5 · without dependents

$1,455/ month

$17,460 / year

At E-5, this is #224 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$1,865 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,596 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fallon NAS — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,578	$1,287
E-2	$1,578	$1,287
E-3	$1,578	$1,287
E-4	$1,578	$1,287
E-5	$1,596	$1,455
E-6	$1,788	$1,557
E-7	$1,980	$1,587
E-8	$2,190	$1,644
E-9	$2,373	$1,779
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,809	$1,584
W-2	$2,067	$1,638
W-3	$2,325	$1,782
W-4	$2,391	$1,827
W-5	$2,475	$2,028
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,019	$1,599
O-2E	$2,286	$1,716
O-3E	$2,406	$1,806
Officer
O-1	$1,629	$1,554
O-2	$1,785	$1,596
O-3	$2,319	$1,785
O-4	$2,499	$1,992
O-5	$2,625	$2,109
O-6	$2,643	$2,304
O-7	$2,661	$2,343

What this rate means

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

New York City$4,980

Mobile$1,473

Battle Creek$1,470

Roanoke$1,470

Yakima$1,458

Fallon NAS$1,455

Shreveport$1,452

Bangor$1,443

Fort Knox$1,443

Huntsville$1,443

Fort Chaffee$996

Fallon NAS is #224 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 Fallon NAS0 – $2,343 / month

E-1$1,287

E-2$1,287

E-3$1,287

E-4$1,287

E-5$1,455

E-6$1,557

E-7$1,587

E-8$1,644

E-9$1,779

W-1$1,584

W-2$1,638

W-3$1,782

W-4$1,827

W-5$2,028

O-1E$1,599

O-2E$1,716

O-3E$1,806

O-1$1,554

O-2$1,596

O-3$1,785

O-4$1,992

O-5$2,109

O-6$2,304

O-7$2,343

Promoting to E-6 here adds $102 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 Fallon NAS to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,525 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 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. $1,455 a month of BAH takes more than $1,455 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 Fallon NAS draws $1,455 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you