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Lexington BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA KY107

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W-3 · With dependents
$2,208per month

$26,496 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #240 of 338W-3 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,831/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$168/mo · +8.2%2025 $2,040 → 2026 $2,208
W-3 rate selectedMHA KY107 ZIPs 40502 40503 40504 40505 40506 40507 +33
PCS compare Lexington · W-3 · with dep. · $2,208/mo
Lexington $2,208/mo · $26,496/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$2,040
2026$2,208

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

Lexington — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County $6,654
Whiteman AFB $2,247
Columbia $2,235
Fort Huachuca $2,235
Baton Rouge $2,232
Huntsville $2,229
Seymour Johnson AFB $2,229
Scott AFB $2,211
County Cost Group 760 $2,208
Fort Wayne $2,208
Greenville $2,208
Lexington $2,208
Fort Bliss $2,205
Mobile $2,205
Davis-Monthan AFB $2,202
Grand Forks $2,202
Robins AFB $2,202
Toledo $2,202
Goodfellow AFB $2,199
Columbus AFB $2,184
Fort Bragg $2,178
Minot AFB $2,178
Anniston $1,689

Lexington is #240 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 Lexington0 – $2,880 / month
E-1 $1,713
E-2 $1,713
E-3 $1,713
E-4 $1,713
E-5 $1,875
E-6 $2,151
E-7 $2,172
E-8 $2,190
E-9 $2,304
W-1 $2,169
W-2 $2,178
W-3 $2,208
W-4 $2,343
W-5 $2,514
O-1E $2,175
O-2E $2,196
O-3E $2,370
O-1 $1,917
O-2 $2,148
O-3 $2,205
O-4 $2,571
O-5 $2,841
O-6 $2,862
O-7 $2,880

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

Moving from Lexington to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,446 a month — about 33 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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