What is W-1 BAH at Fort Pierce in 2026?

$2,844 per month with dependents ($34,128 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $2,442 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.

W-1 BAH at Fort Pierce 2026 — $2,844 with dependents, $2,442 without

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

Fort Pierce, FL

W-1 · with dependents

$2,844/ month

$34,128 / year

At W-1, this is #93 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,646 / mo gross

Without dependents here$2,442 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Pierce — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,499	$2,004
E-2	$2,499	$2,004
E-3	$2,499	$2,004
E-4	$2,499	$2,004
E-5	$2,691	$2,193
E-6	$2,829	$2,322
E-7	$2,916	$2,505
E-8	$3,015	$2,724
E-9	$3,171	$2,754
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,844	$2,442
W-2	$2,958	$2,721
W-3	$3,081	$2,760
W-4	$3,204	$2,841
W-5	$3,360	$2,940
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,934	$2,688
O-2E	$3,060	$2,748
O-3E	$3,228	$2,817
Officer
O-1	$2,715	$2,301
O-2	$2,826	$2,628
O-3	$3,078	$2,772
O-4	$3,408	$2,916
O-5	$3,648	$2,970
O-6	$3,675	$3,060
O-7	$3,702	$3,111

What this rate means

W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month

San Francisco$5,472

Hampden County$2,874

Allentown$2,862

County Cost Group 860$2,847

Fresno$2,847

Fort Pierce$2,844

Abilene$2,841

Oxford$2,835

Beaufort$2,832

Austin$2,826

Youngstown$1,350

Fort Pierce is #93 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Fort Pierce0 – $3,702 / month

E-1$2,499

E-2$2,499

E-3$2,499

E-4$2,499

E-5$2,691

E-6$2,829

E-7$2,916

E-8$3,015

E-9$3,171

W-1$2,844

W-2$2,958

W-3$3,081

W-4$3,204

W-5$3,360

O-1E$2,934

O-2E$3,060

O-3E$3,228

O-1$2,715

O-2$2,826

O-3$3,078

O-4$3,408

O-5$3,648

O-6$3,675

O-7$3,702

Promoting to W-2 here adds $114 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 Pierce to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,628 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,844 a month of BAH takes more than $2,844 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.

W-1 at Fort Pierce draws $2,844 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,442 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you