What is E-5 BAH at Yakima in 2026?

$1,923 per month with dependents ($23,076 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $1,458 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-5 BAH at Yakima 2026 — $1,923/mo with dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Yakima, WA

E-5 · with dependents

$1,923/ month

$23,076 / year

At E-5, this is #191 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,465 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$1,458 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Yakima — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,731	$1,329
E-2	$1,731	$1,329
E-3	$1,731	$1,329
E-4	$1,731	$1,329
E-5	$1,923	$1,458
E-6	$2,382	$1,788
E-7	$2,499	$1,875
E-8	$2,625	$2,019
E-9	$2,793	$2,151
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,403	$1,803
W-2	$2,550	$2,016
W-3	$2,706	$2,169
W-4	$2,823	$2,406
W-5	$2,970	$2,526
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,520	$1,920
O-2E	$2,682	$2,121
O-3E	$2,847	$2,376
Officer
O-1	$1,983	$1,536
O-2	$2,379	$1,878
O-3	$2,703	$2,214
O-4	$3,015	$2,502
O-5	$3,243	$2,568
O-6	$3,267	$2,685
O-7	$3,291	$2,730

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month

San Francisco$5,127

Battle Creek$1,959

Fort Wayne$1,947

Boise$1,926

Greenville$1,923

Yakima$1,923

Jackson$1,920

Roanoke$1,911

Rock Island$1,908

Bloomington$1,905

Anniston$1,185

Yakima is #191 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Yakima0 – $3,291 / month

E-1$1,731

E-2$1,731

E-3$1,731

E-4$1,731

E-5$1,923

E-6$2,382

E-7$2,499

E-8$2,625

E-9$2,793

W-1$2,403

W-2$2,550

W-3$2,706

W-4$2,823

W-5$2,970

O-1E$2,520

O-2E$2,682

O-3E$2,847

O-1$1,983

O-2$2,379

O-3$2,703

O-4$3,015

O-5$3,243

O-6$3,267

O-7$3,291

Promoting to E-6 here adds $459 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Yakima to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $3,204 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $459 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 32% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

None of it is taxed. $1,923 a month of BAH takes more than $1,923 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.

E-5 with dependents at Yakima draws $1,923 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you