Fairchild Air Force Base: BAH and housing

Fairchild Air Force Base is an Air Force base in Spokane, Washington. An E-5 with dependents receives $2,184 a month in BAH here (54th-highest of 119 among the bases we track), roughly equal to the $2,180 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 99224. Spokane is a mid-range market among the bases we cover (35th-highest of 114): the median home is worth $363,500 and the median rent is $1,215. Washington does not tax wage income, which can matter for a working spouse; see all bases in no-income-tax states.

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA WA310, HUD rents for ZIP 99224, Census ACS for Spokane city, NOAA normals at Spokane International Airport, WA. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Fairchild Air Force Base?

This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.

Pay grade

Dependents

$1,665/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Fairchild Air Force Base: $1,665

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $1,600/mo
BAH vs that rent: $65/mo left over

Key facts for living at Fairchild Air Force Base

Key facts for living at Fairchild Air Force Base
Host state	Washington
State income tax	None on wages (bases in no-income-tax states)
Top state income-tax rate	0.0%
Average sales tax (state + local)	9.51%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.75%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$609,756
Military housing area	WA310 — SPOKANE, WA
Climate (annual high / low)	58° / 39°F
Annual precipitation	16.4 in
Official site	Fairchild Air Force Base

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PCS checklist for Fairchild Air Force Base

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (WA310).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 99011).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Spokane County is $1,531/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get a WA driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Washington.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Fairchild Air Force Base site.

How Fairchild Air Force Base compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is higher at Hanscom Air Force Base ($4,188 vs $2,184).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Fairchild Air Force Base are listed here.

Sources

Housing figures below are for the installation (MHA, HUD rent, climate). Host-state tax rates are statewide averages — not a tax return. County add-ons can differ, and wage tax on military pay follows legal residence, not the duty station.

BAH (with and without dependents). DTMO CY2026 BAH tables for Fairchild Air Force Base (WA310). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Spokane County $1,531.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 99224 (Spokane) $1,600 / $2,180.
Off-base city home value and rent. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year 2020–2024 tables B25077 (median value of owner-occupied homes) and B25064 (median gross rent) for Spokane city, Washington ($363,500, $1,215/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Spokane International Airport, WA (USW00024157).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Washington from the Tax Foundation 2026 individual income-tax tables. On this page they describe the host state, not automatically the tax on a military LES (legal residence can stay put). BAH is untaxed.
Combined sales tax near the installation. Tax Foundation January 2026 state-and-local sales-tax averages for Washington. Used as an off-base shopping stand-in; city and county add-ons vary.
Effective property tax if you buy off-base. Tax Foundation 2026 property taxes by state for Washington. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Washington motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 6.50%). These are host-state motor-vehicle rules, not BAH.
Vehicle personal-property tax on the host-state snapshot. WalletHub 2026 vehicle property-tax table for Washington. This is a statewide car-tax flag, not real-estate tax and not BAH.
Statewide median home value on the host-state snapshot. Experian / Zillow March 2026 state medians for Washington. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

Data last updated: September 2026. How the data is compiled