What is O-2E BAH at Coastal Maine in 2026?

$2,856 per month with dependents ($34,272 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $2,412 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-2E BAH at Coastal Maine 2026 — $2,856/mo with dependents

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

Coastal Maine, ME

O-2E · with dependents

$2,856/ month

$34,272 / year

At O-2E, this is #116 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,662 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,412 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Coastal Maine — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With 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

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month

Westchester County$6,564

Knoxville$2,889

Allentown$2,877

Rome$2,868

Abilene$2,856

Coastal Maine$2,856

Corvallis$2,853

Beaufort$2,850

Dallas$2,841

Dahlgren$2,835

Anniston$1,671

Coastal Maine is #116 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month — $58,716 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 O-3E here adds $96 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Coastal Maine to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,708 a month — about 39 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $96 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 18% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,856 a month of BAH takes more than $2,856 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-2E with dependents at Coastal Maine draws $2,856 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you