BAH 2026Military housing area WA309
Seattle, WA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Seattle, WA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 121 ZIP codes it covers.
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- E‑5 with dependents
- $3,135a month46th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $2,625a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $4,215a monthtied for 31st highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 121in this DoD area
Seattle, WA pays $3,135 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 46th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for WA309. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $2,976 | $2,271 |
| E‑2 | $2,976 | $2,271 |
| E‑3 | $2,976 | $2,271 |
| E‑4 | $2,976 | $2,271 |
| E‑5 | $3,135 | $2,625 |
| E‑6 | $3,906 | $2,931 |
| E‑7 | $4,020 | $3,015 |
| E‑8 | $4,143 | $3,291 |
| E‑9 | $4,311 | $3,525 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $3,927 | $2,946 |
| W‑2 | $4,071 | $3,288 |
| W‑3 | $4,221 | $3,549 |
| W‑4 | $4,347 | $3,930 |
| W‑5 | $4,503 | $4,047 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $4,041 | $3,132 |
| O‑2E | $4,197 | $3,471 |
| O‑3E | $4,371 | $3,900 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $3,231 | $2,814 |
| O‑2 | $3,897 | $3,087 |
| O‑3 | $4,215 | $3,627 |
| O‑4 | $4,554 | $4,020 |
| O‑5 | $4,797 | $4,086 |
| O‑6 | $4,836 | $4,200 |
| O‑7 | $4,875 | $4,275 |
| O‑8† | $4,875 | $4,275 |
| O‑9† | $4,875 | $4,275 |
| O‑10† | $4,875 | $4,275 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 121 ZIP codes in Seattle, WA (WA309). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 98001, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 121 ZIP codesAll 121 ZIP codes
- 980xx
- 98001 98002 98003 98004 98005 98006 98007 98008 98009 98010 98011 98013 98014 98015 98019 98021 98022 98023 98024 98025 98027 98028 98029 98030 98031 98032 98033 98034 98035 98038 98039 98040 98041 98042 98045 98047 98050 98051 98052 98053 98055 98056 98057 98058 98059 98062 98063 98064 98065 98070 98071 98072 98073 98074 98075 98077 98083 98089 98092 98093
- 981xx
- 98101 98102 98103 98104 98105 98106 98107 98108 98109 98111 98112 98113 98114 98115 98116 98117 98118 98119 98121 98122 98124 98125 98126 98127 98129 98131 98133 98134 98136 98138 98139 98141 98144 98145 98146 98148 98154 98155 98158 98160 98161 98164 98165 98166 98168 98170 98174 98175 98177 98178 98181 98185 98188 98190 98191 98194 98195 98198 98199
- 982xx
- 98224 98288
Other areas in Washington
Areas whose DoD code starts with WA, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.