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Coastal Maine BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ME141

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O-5 · With dependents
$3,183per month

$38,196 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #151 of 338O-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,081/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$240/mo · +8.2%2025 $2,943 → 2026 $3,183
O-5 rate selectedMHA ME141 ZIPs 04341 04342 04348 04353 04354 04408 +138
PCS compare Coastal Maine · O-5 · with dep. · $3,183/mo
Coastal Maine $3,183/mo · $38,196/yr
CURRENT

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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$2,943
2026$3,183

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

Coastal Maine — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,064 / month
Westchester County $8,064
Richmond $3,231
Salem $3,228
Bloomington $3,225
Cleveland $3,222
Rochester $3,222
Nashville $3,219
Chattanooga $3,201
Syracuse $3,198
Spokane $3,195
Dallas $3,192
Coastal Maine $3,183
State College $3,180
Fort Collins $3,165
Barstow $3,144
County Cost Group 810 $3,129
Fort Stewart $3,129
Coos Bay $3,117
Hampton $3,099
Tallahassee $3,099
Salt Lake City $3,096
Waco $3,093
Youngstown $1,827

Coastal Maine is #151 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,237 a month — $74,844 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 Westchester County at O-5 is worth $4,881 a month — about 203 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.

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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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