What is O-5 BAH at Salt Lake City in 2026?

$2,586 per month without dependents ($31,032 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $3,096 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.

O-5 BAH at Salt Lake City 2026 — $2,586/mo without dependents

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

Salt Lake City, UT

O-5 · without dependents

$2,586/ month

$31,032 / year

At O-5, this is #149 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,315 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$3,096 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Salt Lake City — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,944	$1,536
E-2	$1,944	$1,536
E-3	$1,944	$1,536
E-4	$1,944	$1,536
E-5	$2,130	$1,671
E-6	$2,358	$1,773
E-7	$2,496	$1,950
E-8	$2,649	$2,181
E-9	$2,802	$2,241
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,376	$1,887
W-2	$2,559	$2,178
W-3	$2,748	$2,250
W-4	$2,823	$2,385
W-5	$2,922	$2,529
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,523	$2,127
O-2E	$2,718	$2,226
O-3E	$2,838	$2,349
Officer
O-1	$2,166	$1,752
O-2	$2,355	$2,070
O-3	$2,742	$2,271
O-4	$2,946	$2,502
O-5	$3,096	$2,586
O-6	$3,120	$2,727
O-7	$3,141	$2,772

What this rate means

O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month

Westchester County$6,162

Houston$2,616

Pittsburgh$2,613

Elizabeth City$2,607

Panama City$2,595

Salt Lake City$2,586

Salem$2,580

Yakima$2,568

Volusia County$2,565

Wilmington$2,565

Youngstown$1,593

Salt Lake City is #149 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Salt Lake City0 – $2,772 / month

E-1$1,536

E-2$1,536

E-3$1,536

E-4$1,536

E-5$1,671

E-6$1,773

E-7$1,950

E-8$2,181

E-9$2,241

W-1$1,887

W-2$2,178

W-3$2,250

W-4$2,385

W-5$2,529

O-1E$2,127

O-2E$2,226

O-3E$2,349

O-1$1,752

O-2$2,070

O-3$2,271

O-4$2,502

O-5$2,586

O-6$2,727

O-7$2,772

Promoting to O-6 here adds $141 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 Salt Lake City to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $3,576 a month — about 25 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $2,586 a month of BAH takes more than $2,586 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.

O-5 without dependents at Salt Lake City draws $2,586 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you