What is E-5 BAH at Rock Island in 2026?

$1,908 per month with dependents ($22,896 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,476 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 Rock Island 2026 — $1,908 with dependents, $1,476 without

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

Rock Island, IL

E-5 · with dependents

$1,908/ month

$22,896 / year

At E-5, this is #194 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,446 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,476 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Rock Island — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,722	$1,389
E-2	$1,722	$1,389
E-3	$1,722	$1,389
E-4	$1,722	$1,389
E-5	$1,908	$1,476
E-6	$2,238	$1,680
E-7	$2,262	$1,728
E-8	$2,283	$1,980
E-9	$2,388	$2,073
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,259	$1,695
W-2	$2,268	$1,977
W-3	$2,301	$2,085
W-4	$2,421	$2,238
W-5	$2,577	$2,262
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,265	$1,905
O-2E	$2,292	$2,052
O-3E	$2,448	$2,232
Officer
O-1	$1,956	$1,533
O-2	$2,235	$1,851
O-3	$2,298	$2,118
O-4	$2,628	$2,250
O-5	$2,868	$2,265
O-6	$2,892	$2,277
O-7	$2,910	$2,313

What this rate means

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

San Francisco$5,127

Greenville$1,923

Yakima$1,923

Jackson$1,920

Roanoke$1,911

Rock Island$1,908

Bloomington$1,905

Davis-Monthan AFB$1,905

New Orleans$1,905

Bangor$1,893

Anniston$1,185

Rock Island is #194 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 Rock Island0 – $2,910 / month

E-1$1,722

E-2$1,722

E-3$1,722

E-4$1,722

E-5$1,908

E-6$2,238

E-7$2,262

E-8$2,283

E-9$2,388

W-1$2,259

W-2$2,268

W-3$2,301

W-4$2,421

W-5$2,577

O-1E$2,265

O-2E$2,292

O-3E$2,448

O-1$1,956

O-2$2,235

O-3$2,298

O-4$2,628

O-5$2,868

O-6$2,892

O-7$2,910

Promoting to E-6 here adds $330 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 Rock Island to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,219 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $330 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $1,908 a month of BAH takes more than $1,908 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 Rock Island draws $1,908 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,476 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you