What is E-6 BAH at Volusia County in 2026?

$2,496 per month with dependents ($29,952 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,956 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-6 BAH at Volusia County 2026 — $2,496 with dependents, $1,956 without

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

Volusia County, FL

E-6 · with dependents

$2,496/ month

$29,952 / year

At E-6, this is #144 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335

MHA FL070 · ZIPs 32105 32110 32114 32115 32116 32117 +48 more

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,200 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,956 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Volusia County — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,112	$1,647
E-2	$2,112	$1,647
E-3	$2,112	$1,647
E-4	$2,112	$1,647
E-5	$2,286	$1,833
E-6	$2,496	$1,956
E-7	$2,544	$2,118
E-8	$2,598	$2,334
E-9	$2,688	$2,385
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,511	$2,064
W-2	$2,565	$2,331
W-3	$2,637	$2,394
W-4	$2,706	$2,499
W-5	$2,802	$2,553
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,550	$2,283
O-2E	$2,622	$2,373
O-3E	$2,721	$2,484
Officer
O-1	$2,319	$1,938
O-2	$2,493	$2,232
O-3	$2,634	$2,415
O-4	$2,826	$2,538
O-5	$2,970	$2,565
O-6	$2,991	$2,613
O-7	$3,012	$2,655

What this rate means

E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month

San Francisco$5,454

Houston$2,517

Rochester$2,517

Dahlonega$2,514

Wilmington$2,502

Volusia County$2,496

Dover AFB$2,493

County Cost Group 820$2,490

Eugene$2,481

Grand Haven$2,481

Youngstown$1,335

Volusia County is #144 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Volusia County0 – $3,012 / month

E-1$2,112

E-2$2,112

E-3$2,112

E-4$2,112

E-5$2,286

E-6$2,496

E-7$2,544

E-8$2,598

E-9$2,688

W-1$2,511

W-2$2,565

W-3$2,637

W-4$2,706

W-5$2,802

O-1E$2,550

O-2E$2,622

O-3E$2,721

O-1$2,319

O-2$2,493

O-3$2,634

O-4$2,826

O-5$2,970

O-6$2,991

O-7$3,012

Promoting to E-7 here adds $48 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 Volusia County to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,958 a month — about 62 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $48 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,496 a month of BAH takes more than $2,496 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-6 at Volusia County draws $2,496 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,956 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you