O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
Panama City$2,691
Houston$2,688
Salem$2,688
Norfolk$2,685
Yakima$2,682
Gainesville$2,676
Coos Bay$2,670
College Station$2,667
Elizabeth City$2,655
Anniston$1,671
Yakima is #148 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 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 O-3E here adds $165 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Yakima to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,882 a month — about 24 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $165 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 26% 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.
03
None of it is taxed. $2,682 a month of BAH takes more than $2,682 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
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Things the rate table doesn't tell you
01
“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.
02
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.
03
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.