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Kings Bay BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA GA074

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W-3 · With dependents
$2,421per month

$29,052 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #198 of 338W-3 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,104/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$111/mo · +4.8%2025 $2,310 → 2026 $2,421
W-3 rate selectedMHA GA074 ZIPs 31520 31521 31522 31523 31524 31525 +15
PCS compare Kings Bay · W-3 · with dep. · $2,421/mo
Kings Bay $2,421/mo · $29,052/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

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$2,310
2026$2,421

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

Kings Bay — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County $6,654
Cleveland $2,460
Lemoore NAS $2,454
Cheyenne $2,445
Grand Rapids $2,442
Ocala $2,442
County Cost Group 790 $2,436
Des Moines $2,436
Fort Knox $2,424
Morehead $2,424
Auburn $2,421
Kings Bay $2,421
Eastern Shore $2,409
Albuquerque $2,400
Fort Leavenworth $2,397
Louisville $2,397
Raleigh $2,394
Marquette $2,391
Nellis AFB $2,385
Waco $2,382
Bismarck $2,373
Boise $2,373
Anniston $1,689

Kings Bay is #198 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month — $59,580 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Kings Bay0 – $2,955 / month
E-1 $2,016
E-2 $2,016
E-3 $2,016
E-4 $2,016
E-5 $2,133
E-6 $2,157
E-7 $2,250
E-8 $2,352
E-9 $2,499
W-1 $2,172
W-2 $2,292
W-3 $2,421
W-4 $2,529
W-5 $2,664
O-1E $2,265
O-2E $2,400
O-3E $2,550
O-1 $2,145
O-2 $2,154
O-3 $2,418
O-4 $2,706
O-5 $2,916
O-6 $2,937
O-7 $2,955

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

Moving from Kings Bay to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,233 a month — about 39 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

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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