What is E-5 BAH at Terre Haute in 2026?

$1,233 per month without dependents ($14,796 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $1,494 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 Terre Haute 2026 — $1,233/mo without dependents

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

Terre Haute, IN

E-5 · without dependents

$1,233/ month

$14,796 / year

At E-5, this is #284 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,581 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,494 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Terre Haute — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,401	$1,119
E-2	$1,401	$1,119
E-3	$1,401	$1,119
E-4	$1,401	$1,119
E-5	$1,494	$1,233
E-6	$1,824	$1,365
E-7	$1,887	$1,416
E-8	$1,959	$1,566
E-9	$2,109	$1,656
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,842	$1,383
W-2	$1,917	$1,563
W-3	$2,004	$1,671
W-4	$2,145	$1,833
W-5	$2,322	$1,902
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,899	$1,491
O-2E	$1,989	$1,635
O-3E	$2,175	$1,815
Officer
O-1	$1,542	$1,302
O-2	$1,821	$1,467
O-3	$2,001	$1,701
O-4	$2,379	$1,884
O-5	$2,655	$1,992
O-6	$2,676	$2,007
O-7	$2,691	$2,019

What this rate means

E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month

New York City$4,980

Brownsville$1,248

County Cost Group 720$1,245

Lafayette$1,245

Albany$1,242

Terre Haute$1,233

Goodfellow AFB$1,230

Morgantown$1,230

County Cost Group 710$1,227

Sioux Falls$1,224

Fort Chaffee$996

Terre Haute is #284 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Terre Haute0 – $2,019 / month

E-1$1,119

E-2$1,119

E-3$1,119

E-4$1,119

E-5$1,233

E-6$1,365

E-7$1,416

E-8$1,566

E-9$1,656

W-1$1,383

W-2$1,563

W-3$1,671

W-4$1,833

W-5$1,902

O-1E$1,491

O-2E$1,635

O-3E$1,815

O-1$1,302

O-2$1,467

O-3$1,701

O-4$1,884

O-5$1,992

O-6$2,007

O-7$2,019

Promoting to E-6 here adds $132 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 Terre Haute to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,747 a month — about 28 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $1,233 a month of BAH takes more than $1,233 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 without dependents at Terre Haute draws $1,233 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you