What is W-4 BAH at Coastal Maine in 2026?

$2,937 per month with dependents ($35,244 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $2,709 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.

W-4 BAH at Coastal Maine 2026 — $2,937 with dependents, $2,709 without

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

Coastal Maine, ME

W-4 · with dependents

$2,937/ month

$35,244 / year

At W-4, this is #122 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,963 · low Stevens Point $1,779

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,765 / mo gross

Without dependents here$2,709 / mo

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

W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month

Westchester County$6,963

Rome$2,958

Detroit$2,949

County Cost Group 830$2,946

Humboldt County$2,943

Coastal Maine$2,937

Reno$2,922

Spokane$2,922

Abilene$2,919

Dallas$2,919

Stevens Point$1,779

Coastal Maine is #122 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month — $62,208 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 W-5 here adds $90 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 W-4 is worth $4,026 a month — about 45 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $90 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 8% 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. $2,937 a month of BAH takes more than $2,937 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.

W-4 at Coastal Maine draws $2,937 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,709 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you