BAH Rate Desk2026
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
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    W-3 without dependents at Yakima draws $2,169 per month in 2026

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    Yakima, WA
    W-3 · without dependents
    $2,169/ month
    $26,028 / year
    At W-3, this is #181 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA WA313 · ZIPs 98901 98902 98903 98904 98907 98908 +19 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,781 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,706 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Yakima — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith 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
    PCS compareYakima · W-3 · $2,169/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$450+$5,400/yr · like +$6,923 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Jacksonville$2,208
    Humboldt County$2,190
    Battle Creek$2,181
    Ogden$2,172
    Yakima$2,169
    Eastern Panhandle$2,160
    New Orleans$2,157
    Kings Bay$2,154
    Provo$2,145
    Youngstown$1,341

    Yakima is #181 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 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 W-4 here adds $237 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 San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,132 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $237 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,169 a month of BAH takes more than $2,169 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.