BAH 2026Military housing area WV323
Charleston, WV BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Charleston, WV military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 91 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,404a monthtied for 306th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,149a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $1,860a month323rd highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 91in this DoD area
Charleston, WV pays $1,404 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 306th 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 WV323. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,308 | $1,056 |
| E‑2 | $1,308 | $1,056 |
| E‑3 | $1,308 | $1,056 |
| E‑4 | $1,308 | $1,056 |
| E‑5 | $1,404 | $1,149 |
| E‑6 | $1,764 | $1,323 |
| E‑7 | $1,800 | $1,350 |
| E‑8 | $1,833 | $1,479 |
| E‑9 | $1,956 | $1,581 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $1,785 | $1,338 |
| W‑2 | $1,812 | $1,476 |
| W‑3 | $1,863 | $1,596 |
| W‑4 | $1,992 | $1,767 |
| W‑5 | $2,157 | $1,806 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,803 | $1,401 |
| O‑2E | $1,851 | $1,560 |
| O‑3E | $2,016 | $1,758 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,452 | $1,209 |
| O‑2 | $1,761 | $1,377 |
| O‑3 | $1,860 | $1,632 |
| O‑4 | $2,208 | $1,791 |
| O‑5 | $2,463 | $1,848 |
| O‑6 | $2,481 | $1,860 |
| O‑7 | $2,496 | $1,872 |
| O‑8† | $2,496 | $1,872 |
| O‑9† | $2,496 | $1,872 |
| O‑10† | $2,496 | $1,872 |
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 91 ZIP codes in Charleston, WV (WV323). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 25003, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 91 ZIP codesAll 91 ZIP codes
- 250xx
- 25003 25011 25015 25025 25026 25033 25035 25039 25045 25054 25061 25064 25067 25070 25071 25075 25079 25082 25083 25086
- 251xx
- 25102 25103 25107 25109 25110 25112 25124 25126 25132 25134 25143 25156 25159 25160 25162 25168 25177
- 252xx
- 25201 25202 25213 25214
- 253xx
- 25301 25302 25303 25304 25305 25306 25309 25311 25312 25313 25314 25315 25317 25320 25321 25322 25323 25324 25325 25326 25327 25328 25329 25330 25331 25332 25333 25334 25335 25336 25337 25338 25339 25350 25356 25357 25358 25360 25361 25362 25364 25365 25375 25387 25389 25392 25396
- 255xx
- 25526 25560 25569
Other areas in West Virginia
Areas whose DoD code starts with WV, 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.