What is E-5 BAH at Fort Bliss in 2026?

$1,809 per month with dependents ($21,708 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $1,437 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 Fort Bliss 2026 — $1,809/mo with dependents

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

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E-5 · with dependents

$1,809/ month

$21,708 / year

At E-5, this is #11 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $3,975 · low Fort Riley $1,314

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,319 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,437 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Bliss — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,665	$1,302
E-2	$1,665	$1,302
E-3	$1,665	$1,302
E-4	$1,665	$1,302
E-5	$1,809	$1,437
E-6	$2,148	$1,611
E-7	$2,172	$1,668
E-8	$2,187	$1,881
E-9	$2,241	$1,977
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,169	$1,626
W-2	$2,178	$1,878
W-3	$2,205	$1,992
W-4	$2,256	$2,148
W-5	$2,334	$2,169
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,175	$1,806
O-2E	$2,196	$1,956
O-3E	$2,268	$2,142
Officer
O-1	$1,857	$1,518
O-2	$2,145	$1,764
O-3	$2,202	$2,022
O-4	$2,352	$2,157
O-5	$2,466	$2,172
O-6	$2,484	$2,178
O-7	$2,496	$2,214

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, every station0 – $3,975 / month

San Diego$3,975

Camp Pendleton$3,963

Honolulu County$3,663

JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,874

JB Lewis-McChord$2,556

Norfolk$2,430

Fort Carson$2,358

Fort Stewart$2,310

San Antonio (JBSA)$1,869

Fort Campbell$1,815

Fort Bliss$1,809

Fort Bragg$1,806

Fort Benning$1,716

Fort Hood$1,695

Fort Drum$1,665

Camp Lejeune$1,584

Fort Riley$1,314

Fort Bliss is #11 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,661 a month — $31,932 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Fort Bliss0 – $2,496 / month

E-1$1,665

E-2$1,665

E-3$1,665

E-4$1,665

E-5$1,809

E-6$2,148

E-7$2,172

E-8$2,187

E-9$2,241

W-1$2,169

W-2$2,178

W-3$2,205

W-4$2,256

W-5$2,334

O-1E$2,175

O-2E$2,196

O-3E$2,268

O-1$1,857

O-2$2,145

O-3$2,202

O-4$2,352

O-5$2,466

O-6$2,484

O-7$2,496

Promoting to E-6 here adds $339 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 Fort Bliss to San Diego at E-5 is worth $2,166 a month — about 6 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $339 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,809 a month of BAH takes more than $1,809 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 with dependents at Fort Bliss draws $1,809 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you