BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA

Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.

Or type your rank

Press Enter to look it up.

Enlisted
E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
Warrant
W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
Prior enl.
O-1EO-2EO-3E
Officer
O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
Dependents
With $2,193 Without $1,770

E-5 at Coastal Maine draws $2,193 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,770 without

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Coastal Maine, ME
E-5 · with dependents
$2,193/ month
$26,316 / year
At E-5, this is #140 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA ME141 · ZIPs 04341 04342 04348 04353 04354 04408 +138 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $2,812 / mo gross
Without dependents here $1,770 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Coastal Maine · E-5 · $2,193/mo
Coastal Maine $2,193/mo · $26,316/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.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Coastal Maine — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $2,052 $1,539
E-2 $2,052 $1,539
E-3 $2,052 $1,539
E-4 $2,052 $1,539
E-5 $2,193 $1,770
E-6 $2,697 $2,022
E-7 $2,760 $2,070
E-8 $2,826 $2,298
E-9 $2,919 $2,445
Warrant officer
W-1 $2,718 $2,040
W-2 $2,787 $2,295
W-3 $2,871 $2,463
W-4 $2,937 $2,709
W-5 $3,027 $2,775
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $2,769 $2,190
O-2E $2,856 $2,412
O-3E $2,952 $2,691
Officer
O-1 $2,259 $1,908
O-2 $2,694 $2,148
O-3 $2,868 $2,514
O-4 $3,051 $2,757
O-5 $3,183 $2,790
O-6 $3,207 $2,850
O-7 $3,228 $2,898

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Fort Collins $2,268
Nashville $2,268
County Cost Group 830 $2,250
Austin $2,241
Asheville $2,214
Buffalo $2,214
Rochester $2,214
Albuquerque $2,211
Dahlonega $2,208
Brunswick $2,205
Coastal Maine $2,193
Houston $2,193
Eugene $2,187
Knoxville $2,184
Spokane $2,184
Grand Haven $2,181
Jacksonville $2,181
Charlotte $2,169
Panama City $2,163
County Cost Group 820 $2,160
Memphis $2,154
Anniston $1,185

Coastal Maine is #140 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Coastal Maine0 – $3,228 / month
E-1 $2,052
E-2 $2,052
E-3 $2,052
E-4 $2,052
E-5 $2,193
E-6 $2,697
E-7 $2,760
E-8 $2,826
E-9 $2,919
W-1 $2,718
W-2 $2,787
W-3 $2,871
W-4 $2,937
W-5 $3,027
O-1E $2,769
O-2E $2,856
O-3E $2,952
O-1 $2,259
O-2 $2,694
O-3 $2,868
O-4 $3,051
O-5 $3,183
O-6 $3,207
O-7 $3,228

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

Moving from Coastal Maine to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $2,934 a month — about 6 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

Things the rate table doesn't 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.