What is E-5 BAH at Fort Bliss in 2026?

$1,809 per month with dependents ($21,708 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,437 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 Fort Bliss 2026 — $1,809 with dependents, $1,437 without

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

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E-5 · with dependents

$1,809/ month

$21,708 / year

At E-5, this is #220 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,319 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,437 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Bliss — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,665	$1,302
E-2	$1,665	$1,302
E-3	$1,665	$1,302
E-4	$1,665	$1,302
E-5	$1,809	$1,437
E-6	$2,148	$1,611
E-7	$2,172	$1,668
E-8	$2,187	$1,881
E-9	$2,241	$1,977
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,169	$1,626
W-2	$2,178	$1,878
W-3	$2,205	$1,992
W-4	$2,256	$2,148
W-5	$2,334	$2,169
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,175	$1,806
O-2E	$2,196	$1,956
O-3E	$2,268	$2,142
Officer
O-1	$1,857	$1,518
O-2	$2,145	$1,764
O-3	$2,202	$2,022
O-4	$2,352	$2,157
O-5	$2,466	$2,172
O-6	$2,484	$2,178
O-7	$2,496	$2,214

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

Marquette$1,821

County Cost Group 780$1,815

Fort Campbell$1,815

Fort Leavenworth$1,815

Fort Bliss$1,809

Greensboro$1,809

Fort Bragg$1,806

Lansing$1,806

Robins AFB$1,800

Anniston$1,185

Fort Bliss is #220 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 Fort Bliss0 – $2,496 / month

E-1$1,665

E-2$1,665

E-3$1,665

E-4$1,665

E-5$1,809

E-6$2,148

E-7$2,172

E-8$2,187

E-9$2,241

W-1$2,169

W-2$2,178

W-3$2,205

W-4$2,256

W-5$2,334

O-1E$2,175

O-2E$2,196

O-3E$2,268

O-1$1,857

O-2$2,145

O-3$2,202

O-4$2,352

O-5$2,466

O-6$2,484

O-7$2,496

Promoting to E-6 here adds $339 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 Fort Bliss to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,318 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $339 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,809 a month of BAH takes more than $1,809 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 Fort Bliss draws $1,809 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,437 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you