BAH 2026Military housing area WV454
Eastern Panhandle, WV BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Eastern Panhandle, WV military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 23 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $2,058a monthtied for 170th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,677a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,478a month181st highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 23in this DoD area
Eastern Panhandle, WV pays $2,058 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 170th 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 WV454. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,899 | $1,587 |
| E‑2 | $1,899 | $1,587 |
| E‑3 | $1,899 | $1,587 |
| E‑4 | $1,899 | $1,587 |
| E‑5 | $2,058 | $1,677 |
| E‑6 | $2,253 | $1,752 |
| E‑7 | $2,334 | $1,902 |
| E‑8 | $2,421 | $2,103 |
| E‑9 | $2,568 | $2,151 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,271 | $1,854 |
| W‑2 | $2,370 | $2,100 |
| W‑3 | $2,481 | $2,160 |
| W‑4 | $2,598 | $2,265 |
| W‑5 | $2,748 | $2,352 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,346 | $2,055 |
| O‑2E | $2,463 | $2,139 |
| O‑3E | $2,622 | $2,244 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $2,091 | $1,737 |
| O‑2 | $2,250 | $2,010 |
| O‑3 | $2,478 | $2,178 |
| O‑4 | $2,796 | $2,331 |
| O‑5 | $3,027 | $2,376 |
| O‑6 | $3,051 | $2,457 |
| O‑7 | $3,072 | $2,499 |
| O‑8† | $3,072 | $2,499 |
| O‑9† | $3,072 | $2,499 |
| O‑10† | $3,072 | $2,499 |
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 23 ZIP codes in Eastern Panhandle, WV (WV454). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 25401, one ZIP in this area.
Show all 23 ZIP codesAll 23 ZIP codes
- 254xx
- 25401 25402 25403 25404 25405 25410 25413 25414 25419 25420 25421 25423 25425 25427 25428 25430 25432 25438 25440 25441 25442 25443 25446
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.