What is E-5 BAH at Panama City in 2026?

$2,163 per month with dependents ($25,956 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,863 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 Panama City 2026 — $2,163 with dependents, $1,863 without

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

Panama City, FL

E-5 · with dependents

$2,163/ month

$25,956 / year

At E-5, this is #148 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,773 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,863 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Panama City — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,058	$1,713
E-2	$2,058	$1,713
E-3	$2,058	$1,713
E-4	$2,058	$1,713
E-5	$2,163	$1,863
E-6	$2,442	$1,959
E-7	$2,538	$2,058
E-8	$2,643	$2,223
E-9	$2,766	$2,298
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,460	$2,037
W-2	$2,580	$2,220
W-3	$2,712	$2,310
W-4	$2,787	$2,460
W-5	$2,886	$2,562
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,556	$2,160
O-2E	$2,691	$2,280
O-3E	$2,802	$2,433
Officer
O-1	$2,202	$1,953
O-2	$2,439	$2,133
O-3	$2,709	$2,337
O-4	$2,913	$2,538
O-5	$3,060	$2,595
O-6	$3,084	$2,691
O-7	$3,105	$2,736

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

Spokane$2,184

Grand Haven$2,181

Jacksonville$2,181

Charlotte$2,169

Panama City$2,163

County Cost Group 820$2,160

Memphis$2,154

Grand Rapids$2,148

Lemoore NAS$2,139

Anniston$1,185

Panama City is #148 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 Panama City0 – $3,105 / month

E-1$2,058

E-2$2,058

E-3$2,058

E-4$2,058

E-5$2,163

E-6$2,442

E-7$2,538

E-8$2,643

E-9$2,766

W-1$2,460

W-2$2,580

W-3$2,712

W-4$2,787

W-5$2,886

O-1E$2,556

O-2E$2,691

O-3E$2,802

O-1$2,202

O-2$2,439

O-3$2,709

O-4$2,913

O-5$3,060

O-6$3,084

O-7$3,105

Promoting to E-6 here adds $279 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 Panama City to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,964 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $279 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. $2,163 a month of BAH takes more than $2,163 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 Panama City draws $2,163 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,863 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you