What is W-5 BAH at Montgomery in 2026?

$1,833 per month without dependents ($21,996 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,244 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-5 BAH at Montgomery 2026 — $1,833/mo without dependents

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

Montgomery, AL

W-5 · without dependents

$1,833/ month

$21,996 / year

At W-5, this is #303 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,946 · low Youngstown $1,527

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,350 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,244 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Montgomery — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,605	$1,269
E-2	$1,605	$1,269
E-3	$1,605	$1,269
E-4	$1,605	$1,269
E-5	$1,683	$1,431
E-6	$1,758	$1,527
E-7	$1,818	$1,605
E-8	$1,887	$1,704
E-9	$2,034	$1,713
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,773	$1,590
W-2	$1,845	$1,701
W-3	$1,935	$1,719
W-4	$2,073	$1,764
W-5	$2,244	$1,833
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,827	$1,680
O-2E	$1,920	$1,710
O-3E	$2,100	$1,746
Officer
O-1	$1,701	$1,524
O-2	$1,755	$1,662
O-3	$1,932	$1,725
O-4	$2,298	$1,815
O-5	$2,565	$1,923
O-6	$2,583	$1,938
O-7	$2,598	$1,950

What this rate means

W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month

Westchester County$5,946

Columbia$1,848

County Cost Group 670$1,848

Huntington$1,839

County Cost Group 660$1,836

Montgomery$1,833

County Cost Group 650$1,827

County Cost Group 640$1,821

County Cost Group 630$1,812

Fort Chaffee$1,809

Youngstown$1,527

Montgomery is #303 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month — $53,028 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Montgomery0 – $1,950 / month

E-1$1,269

E-2$1,269

E-3$1,269

E-4$1,269

E-5$1,431

E-6$1,527

E-7$1,605

E-8$1,704

E-9$1,713

W-1$1,590

W-2$1,701

W-3$1,719

W-4$1,764

W-5$1,833

O-1E$1,680

O-2E$1,710

O-3E$1,746

O-1$1,524

O-2$1,662

O-3$1,725

O-4$1,815

O-5$1,923

O-6$1,938

O-7$1,950

Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,833 a month of BAH takes more than $1,833 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-5 without dependents at Montgomery draws $1,833 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you