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Fort Knox BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA KY110

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W-5 · With dependents
$2,679per month

$32,148 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #186 of 338W-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,435/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$108/mo · +4.2%2025 $2,571 → 2026 $2,679
W-5 rate selectedMHA KY110 ZIPs 40104 40108 40117 40121 40122 40142 +16
PCS compare Fort Knox · W-5 · with dep. · $2,679/mo
Fort Knox $2,679/mo · $32,148/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,571
2026$2,679

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Fort Knox — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County $7,338
Eastern Panhandle $2,748
Battle Creek $2,742
Grand Haven $2,733
Waco $2,730
Corpus Christi $2,718
Provo $2,718
Dahlonega $2,706
Fargo $2,706
Grand Rapids $2,688
Birmingham $2,682
Fort Knox $2,679
Louisville $2,679
Cheyenne $2,676
Ocala $2,676
Auburn $2,673
Bangor $2,667
County Cost Group 790 $2,667
Des Moines $2,667
Kings Bay $2,664
Rapid City $2,664
Morehead $2,658
Youngstown $1,806

Fort Knox is #186 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Fort Knox0 – $2,985 / month
E-1 $1,575
E-2 $1,575
E-3 $1,575
E-4 $1,575
E-5 $1,647
E-6 $2,136
E-7 $2,241
E-8 $2,352
E-9 $2,505
W-1 $2,157
W-2 $2,286
W-3 $2,424
W-4 $2,538
W-5 $2,679
O-1E $2,259
O-2E $2,403
O-3E $2,559
O-1 $1,710
O-2 $2,133
O-3 $2,421
O-4 $2,724
O-5 $2,943
O-6 $2,964
O-7 $2,985

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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