What is E-5 BAH at Hampton in 2026?

$2,274 per month with dependents ($27,288 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $1,779 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 Hampton 2026 — $2,274/mo with dependents

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

Hampton/Newport News, VA

E-5 · with dependents

$2,274/ month

$27,288 / year

At E-5, this is #129 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

MHA VA297 · ZIPs 23001 23003 23018 23021 23025 23035 +63 more

Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt

Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,915 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,779 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Hampton — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,082	$1,599
E-2	$2,082	$1,599
E-3	$2,082	$1,599
E-4	$2,082	$1,599
E-5	$2,274	$1,779
E-6	$2,421	$1,905
E-7	$2,439	$2,088
E-8	$2,457	$2,310
E-9	$2,571	$2,343
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,436	$2,022
W-2	$2,445	$2,307
W-3	$2,478	$2,349
W-4	$2,610	$2,415
W-5	$2,778	$2,439
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,442	$2,271
O-2E	$2,466	$2,334
O-3E	$2,637	$2,409
Officer
O-1	$2,301	$1,884
O-2	$2,418	$2,214
O-3	$2,475	$2,361
O-4	$2,835	$2,427
O-5	$3,099	$2,442
O-6	$3,123	$2,451
O-7	$3,144	$2,493

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

Volusia County$2,286

Cincinnati$2,283

Pittsburgh$2,283

Dover AFB$2,277

Hampton$2,274

Fort Collins$2,268

Nashville$2,268

County Cost Group 830$2,250

Austin$2,241

Anniston$1,185

Hampton is #129 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 Hampton0 – $3,144 / month

E-1$2,082

E-2$2,082

E-3$2,082

E-4$2,082

E-5$2,274

E-6$2,421

E-7$2,439

E-8$2,457

E-9$2,571

W-1$2,436

W-2$2,445

W-3$2,478

W-4$2,610

W-5$2,778

O-1E$2,442

O-2E$2,466

O-3E$2,637

O-1$2,301

O-2$2,418

O-3$2,475

O-4$2,835

O-5$3,099

O-6$3,123

O-7$3,144

Promoting to E-6 here adds $147 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 Hampton to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,853 a month — about 19 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $147 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,274 a month of BAH takes more than $2,274 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 with dependents at Hampton draws $2,274 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you