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Fort Wayne BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA IN097

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W-5 · With dependents
$2,463per month

$29,556 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #238 of 338W-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,158/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$45/mo · +1.9%2025 $2,418 → 2026 $2,463
W-5 rate selectedMHA IN097 ZIPs 46704 46741 46743 46745 46748 46765 +49
PCS compare Fort Wayne · W-5 · with dep. · $2,463/mo
Fort Wayne $2,463/mo · $29,556/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$2,418
2026$2,463

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

Fort Wayne — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County $7,338
Toledo $2,490
Memphis $2,484
Whiteman AFB $2,478
Columbia $2,475
Fallon NAS $2,475
Baton Rouge $2,472
Lincoln $2,472
Champaign $2,466
Lansing $2,466
Laughlin AFB $2,466
Fort Wayne $2,463
Mobile $2,463
Robins AFB $2,451
Greensboro $2,445
Brownsville $2,442
Grand Forks $2,439
Seymour Johnson AFB $2,436
Indianapolis $2,433
Tulsa $2,430
Pensacola $2,427
Greenville $2,424
Youngstown $1,806

Fort Wayne is #238 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 Wayne0 – $2,763 / month
E-1 $1,782
E-2 $1,782
E-3 $1,782
E-4 $1,782
E-5 $1,947
E-6 $2,130
E-7 $2,154
E-8 $2,184
E-9 $2,289
W-1 $2,145
W-2 $2,166
W-3 $2,208
W-4 $2,319
W-5 $2,463
O-1E $2,157
O-2E $2,199
O-3E $2,343
O-1 $1,977
O-2 $2,127
O-3 $2,205
O-4 $2,505
O-5 $2,727
O-6 $2,745
O-7 $2,763

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.

Source record

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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