Fort Knox BAH Rates 2026

MHA: FORT KNOX, KY

Calculate your Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for Fort Knox. Rates are based on the FORT KNOX, KY Military Housing Area.

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All Fort Knox BAH Rates by Pay Grade

Pay Grade	With Dependents	Without Dependents
Enlisted
E-1	$1,575	$1,350
E-2	$1,575	$1,350
E-3	$1,575	$1,350
E-4	$1,575	$1,350
E-5	$1,647	$1,443
E-6	$2,136	$1,602
E-7	$2,241	$1,680
E-8	$2,352	$1,764
E-9	$2,505	$1,893
Warrant Officer
W-1	$2,157	$1,617
W-2	$2,286	$1,746
W-3	$2,424	$1,911
W-4	$2,538	$2,157
W-5	$2,679	$2,265
Officer (Prior Enlisted)
O-1E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,259	$1,695
O-2E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,403	$1,860
O-3E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,559	$2,130
Officer
O-1	$1,710	$1,503
O-2	$2,133	$1,683
O-3	$2,421	$1,956
O-4	$2,724	$2,241
O-5	$2,943	$2,301
O-6	$2,964	$2,403
O-7	$2,985	$2,442

Official 2026 BAH rates for the FORT KNOX, KY Military Housing Area, effective January 1, 2026.

About Fort Knox

Welcome to Fort Knox! Perhaps best known for its proximity to the famous United States Bullion Depository, this vital US Army post has a lot more to it than a vault full of gold. Named for Henry Knox, George Washington’s Chief of Artillery and America’s first Secretary of War, this post has been one of the Army’s most vital installations since the Civil War. Covering nearly 109,000 acres of Kentucky’s Bullit, Hardin, and Meade counties, Fort Knox was best known among the military as the home of the US Army Armor Center for over six decades. It’s now the home of the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence, which includes Army Human Resources Command, and US Army Cadet Command, which conducts all summer training for ROTC cadets from colleges across America. So the moving of the Armor Cente...

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