BAH 2026Military housing area PA254
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 115 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,740a month235th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,488a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,085a monthtied for 268th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 115in this DoD area
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA pays $1,740 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 235th 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 PA254. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| 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 officers | ||
| 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 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,965 | $1,737 |
| O‑2E | $2,070 | $1,800 |
| O‑3E | $2,241 | $1,875 |
| Officers | ||
| 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 |
| O‑8† | $2,712 | $2,097 |
| O‑9† | $2,712 | $2,097 |
| O‑10† | $2,712 | $2,097 |
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 115 ZIP codes in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (PA254). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 18058, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 115 ZIP codesAll 115 ZIP codes
- 180xx
- 18058
- 182xx
- 18201 18202 18216 18219 18221 18222 18223 18224 18225 18234 18239 18246 18247 18249 18251 18256
- 183xx
- 18320 18321 18323 18325 18326 18330 18331 18332 18333 18334 18341 18342 18344 18346 18347 18348 18349 18350 18352 18355 18357 18370 18372
- 184xx
- 18403 18407 18410 18411 18414 18416 18420 18424 18433 18434 18440 18444 18447 18452 18466 18471
- 185xx
- 18501 18502 18503 18504 18505 18507 18508 18509 18510 18512 18515 18517 18518 18519 18540 18577
- 186xx
- 18601 18602 18610 18611 18612 18617 18618 18621 18622 18627 18634 18635 18640 18641 18642 18643 18644 18651 18653 18654 18655 18656 18660 18661
- 187xx
- 18701 18702 18703 18704 18705 18706 18707 18708 18709 18710 18711 18762 18764 18765 18766 18767 18768 18769 18773
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.