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Eastern Shore BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MD432

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W-2 · With dependents
$2,358per month

$28,296 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #187 of 338W-2 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,023/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$66/mo · +2.9%2025 $2,292 → 2026 $2,358
W-2 rate selectedMHA MD432 ZIPs 21801 21802 21803 21804 21810 21811 +91
PCS compare Eastern Shore · W-2 · with dep. · $2,358/mo
Eastern Shore $2,358/mo · $28,296/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.

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$2,292
2026$2,358

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

Eastern Shore — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County $6,036
Fargo $2,427
Columbus $2,418
El Centro $2,418
Ocala $2,415
County Cost Group 800 $2,400
Provo $2,385
Eastern Panhandle $2,370
Lemoore NAS $2,364
Albuquerque $2,361
Duluth $2,361
Eastern Shore $2,358
Raleigh $2,355
Corpus Christi $2,352
Rapid City $2,349
Memphis $2,343
Jackson $2,340
Cheyenne $2,334
Louisville $2,334
Tallahassee $2,334
Des Moines $2,328
Boise $2,325
Youngstown $1,560

Eastern Shore is #187 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Eastern Shore0 – $2,859 / month
E-1 $1,989
E-2 $1,989
E-3 $1,989
E-4 $1,989
E-5 $2,121
E-6 $2,313
E-7 $2,346
E-8 $2,382
E-9 $2,472
W-1 $2,331
W-2 $2,358
W-3 $2,409
W-4 $2,496
W-5 $2,610
O-1E $2,349
O-2E $2,397
O-3E $2,514
O-1 $2,151
O-2 $2,310
O-3 $2,406
O-4 $2,643
O-5 $2,820
O-6 $2,841
O-7 $2,859

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

Moving from Eastern Shore to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,678 a month — about 72 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.

Source record

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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