What is E-8 BAH at Wilkes-Barre in 2026?

$2,034 per month with dependents ($24,408 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,776 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-8 BAH at Wilkes-Barre 2026 — $2,034 with dependents, $1,776 without

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

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA

E-8 · with dependents

$2,034/ month

$24,408 / year

At E-8, this is #269 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,608 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,776 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Wilkes-Barre — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,677	$1,272
E-2	$1,677	$1,272
E-3	$1,677	$1,272
E-4	$1,677	$1,272
E-5	$1,740	$1,488
E-6	$1,887	$1,614
E-7	$1,956	$1,674
E-8	$2,034	$1,776
E-9	$2,181	$1,806
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,902	$1,668
W-2	$1,986	$1,773
W-3	$2,088	$1,815
W-4	$2,214	$1,893
W-5	$2,376	$1,971
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,965	$1,737
O-2E	$2,070	$1,800
O-3E	$2,241	$1,875
Officer
O-1	$1,767	$1,611
O-2	$1,884	$1,722
O-3	$2,085	$1,827
O-4	$2,427	$1,953
O-5	$2,676	$2,007
O-6	$2,697	$2,064
O-7	$2,712	$2,097

What this rate means

E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month

Westchester County$6,333

County Cost Group 740$2,049

White Sands MR$2,043

Fort Benning$2,037

Wright-Patterson AFB$2,037

Wilkes-Barre$2,034

Sumter$2,025

Laughlin AFB$2,019

Topeka$2,016

County Cost Group 730$2,013

Anniston$1,638

Wilkes-Barre is #269 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month — $56,340 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Wilkes-Barre0 – $2,712 / month

E-1$1,677

E-2$1,677

E-3$1,677

E-4$1,677

E-5$1,740

E-6$1,887

E-7$1,956

E-8$2,034

E-9$2,181

W-1$1,902

W-2$1,986

W-3$2,088

W-4$2,214

W-5$2,376

O-1E$1,965

O-2E$2,070

O-3E$2,241

O-1$1,767

O-2$1,884

O-3$2,085

O-4$2,427

O-5$2,676

O-6$2,697

O-7$2,712

Promoting to E-9 here adds $147 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 Wilkes-Barre to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,299 a month — about 29 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $147 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,034 a month of BAH takes more than $2,034 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-8 at Wilkes-Barre draws $2,034 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,776 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you