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.

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    Dependents

    E-7 with dependents at Coastal Maine draws $2,760 per month in 2026

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    Coastal Maine, ME
    E-7 · with dependents
    $2,760/ month
    $33,120 / year
    At E-7, this is #116 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA ME141 · ZIPs 04341 04342 04348 04353 04354 04408 +138 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,538 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,070 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Coastal Maine — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCoastal Maine · E-7 · $2,760/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$102+$1,224/yr · like +$1,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    Minneapolis$2,826
    Rome$2,790
    Corvallis$2,769
    Dahlgren$2,763
    Coastal Maine$2,760
    County Cost Group 840$2,745
    Knoxville$2,745
    Atlanta$2,730
    Reno$2,721
    Youngstown$1,491

    Coastal Maine is #116 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 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

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $66 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Coastal Maine to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $3,072 a month — about 47 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $66 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $2,760 a month of BAH takes more than $2,760 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    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.