Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

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

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    O-6 without dependents at Yakima draws $2,685 per month in 2026

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    Yakima, WA
    O-6 · without dependents
    $2,685/ month
    $32,220 / year
    At O-6, this is #147 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,633 · low Anniston $1,665
    MHA WA313 · ZIPs 98901 98902 98903 98904 98907 98908 +19 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,442 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,267 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareYakima · O-6 · $2,685/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,054/mo · $36,648/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$369+$4,428/yr · like +$5,677 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
    Westchester County$6,633
    Charleston$2,697
    Panama City$2,691
    Salem$2,691
    Coos Bay$2,685
    Yakima$2,685
    Gainesville$2,679
    Houston$2,679
    Norfolk$2,673
    College Station$2,667
    Anniston$1,665

    Yakima is #147 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month — $59,616 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Yakima0 – $2,730 / month
    E-1$1,329
    E-2$1,329
    E-3$1,329
    E-4$1,329
    E-5$1,458
    E-6$1,788
    E-7$1,875
    E-8$2,019
    E-9$2,151
    W-1$1,803
    W-2$2,016
    W-3$2,169
    W-4$2,406
    W-5$2,526
    O-1E$1,920
    O-2E$2,121
    O-3E$2,376
    O-1$1,536
    O-2$1,878
    O-3$2,214
    O-4$2,502
    O-5$2,568
    O-6$2,685
    O-7$2,730

    Promoting to O-7 here adds $45 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-6 is worth $3,948 a month — about 88 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,685 a month of BAH takes more than $2,685 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.