Military housing area PA253

ERIE, PA BAH rates

An E-5 with dependents stationed here draws $1,464 a month, tax free. That's $17,568 a year, and it ranks 297 of 338 areas at that grade.

ZIP codes: 46Range: $1,143 to $2,253Against the national median: -29%Covers: Pennsylvania

Every pay grade

Grade	With dependents	Without	Difference	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,452	$1,143	$309	$17,424
E-2	$1,452	$1,143	$309	$17,424
E-3	$1,452	$1,143	$309	$17,424
E-4	$1,452	$1,143	$309	$17,424
E-5	$1,464	$1,329	$135	$17,568
E-6	$1,680	$1,437	$243	$20,160
E-7	$1,746	$1,467	$279	$20,952
E-8	$1,824	$1,515	$309	$21,888
E-9	$1,929	$1,569	$360	$23,148
W-1	$1,695	$1,464	$231	$20,340
W-2	$1,779	$1,512	$267	$21,348
W-3	$1,875	$1,578	$297	$22,500
W-4	$1,950	$1,689	$261	$23,400
W-5	$2,049	$1,764	$285	$24,588
O-1E	$1,758	$1,473	$285	$21,096
O-2E	$1,857	$1,554	$303	$22,284
O-3E	$1,965	$1,668	$297	$23,580
O-1	$1,500	$1,434	$66	$18,000
O-2	$1,677	$1,470	$207	$20,124
O-3	$1,872	$1,596	$276	$22,464
O-4	$2,076	$1,743	$333	$24,912
O-5	$2,226	$1,782	$444	$26,712
O-6	$2,241	$1,851	$390	$26,892
O-7	$2,253	$1,881	$372	$27,036
O-8	$2,253	$1,881	$372	$27,036
O-9	$2,253	$1,881	$372	$27,036
O-10	$2,253	$1,881	$372	$27,036

All 27 grades for ERIE, PA, monthly, rate year 2026. Grades ending in E are officers with prior enlisted service. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

How the dependency difference works

Every grade here pays more with dependents than without, by $66 to $444 a month. Having dependents is a yes or no question for BAH: a service member with four children draws the same as one with a spouse and none. Nothing else about the family changes the figure.

It also doesn't depend on what you actually pay for housing. If your rent comes in under the allowance you keep the difference, and if it runs over, the difference is yours to cover.

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ERIE, PA is military housing area PA253, covering 46 ZIP codes.