BAH 2026Military housing area PA253
Erie, PA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Erie, PA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 46 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,464a month297th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,329a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $1,872a month320th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 46in this DoD area
Erie, PA pays $1,464 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 297th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for PA253. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,452 | $1,143 |
| E‑2 | $1,452 | $1,143 |
| E‑3 | $1,452 | $1,143 |
| E‑4 | $1,452 | $1,143 |
| E‑5 | $1,464 | $1,329 |
| E‑6 | $1,680 | $1,437 |
| E‑7 | $1,746 | $1,467 |
| E‑8 | $1,824 | $1,515 |
| E‑9 | $1,929 | $1,569 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $1,695 | $1,464 |
| W‑2 | $1,779 | $1,512 |
| W‑3 | $1,875 | $1,578 |
| W‑4 | $1,950 | $1,689 |
| W‑5 | $2,049 | $1,764 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,758 | $1,473 |
| O‑2E | $1,857 | $1,554 |
| O‑3E | $1,965 | $1,668 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,500 | $1,434 |
| O‑2 | $1,677 | $1,470 |
| O‑3 | $1,872 | $1,596 |
| O‑4 | $2,076 | $1,743 |
| O‑5 | $2,226 | $1,782 |
| O‑6 | $2,241 | $1,851 |
| O‑7 | $2,253 | $1,881 |
| O‑8† | $2,253 | $1,881 |
| O‑9† | $2,253 | $1,881 |
| O‑10† | $2,253 | $1,881 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 46 ZIP codes in Erie, PA (PA253). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 16401, one ZIP in this area.
Show all 46 ZIP codesAll 46 ZIP codes
- 164xx
- 16401 16407 16410 16411 16412 16413 16415 16417 16421 16423 16426 16427 16428 16430 16438 16441 16442 16443 16444 16475
- 165xx
- 16501 16502 16503 16504 16505 16506 16507 16508 16509 16510 16511 16512 16514 16515 16522 16530 16531 16534 16538 16541 16544 16546 16550 16553 16563 16565
Other areas in Pennsylvania
Areas whose DoD code starts with PA, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.