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.

Duty station or MHA
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    Dependents
    With $2,550Without $2,016

    W-2 at Yakima draws $2,550 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,016 without

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    Yakima, WA
    W-2 · with dependents
    $2,550/ month
    $30,600 / year
    At W-2, this is #154 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA WA313 · ZIPs 98901 98902 98903 98904 98907 98908 +19 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,269 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,016 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Yakima — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareYakima · W-2 · $2,550/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$366+$4,392/yr · like +$5,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Volusia County$2,565
    Salem$2,562
    Salt Lake City$2,559
    Birmingham$2,556
    Yakima$2,550
    College Station$2,547
    Dahlonega$2,541
    Gainesville$2,532
    Fort Stewart$2,520
    Youngstown$1,560

    Yakima is #154 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 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 W-3 here adds $156 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 W-2 is worth $3,486 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $156 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. $2,550 a month of BAH takes more than $2,550 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.