Naval Radio Station Cutler BAH

Naval Radio Station Cutler is paid at COASTAL MAINE, ME, housing area ME141. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,193 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Naval Radio Station Cutler sits inside COASTAL MAINE, ME, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: ME141Rank at E-5: 140 of 338vs national median: +6%

Every pay grade at Naval Radio Station Cutler

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,052	$1,539	$24,624
E-2	$2,052	$1,539	$24,624
E-3	$2,052	$1,539	$24,624
E-4	$2,052	$1,539	$24,624
E-5	$2,193	$1,770	$26,316
E-6	$2,697	$2,022	$32,364
E-7	$2,760	$2,070	$33,120
E-8	$2,826	$2,298	$33,912
E-9	$2,919	$2,445	$35,028
W-1	$2,718	$2,040	$32,616
W-2	$2,787	$2,295	$33,444
W-3	$2,871	$2,463	$34,452
W-4	$2,937	$2,709	$35,244
W-5	$3,027	$2,775	$36,324
O-1E	$2,769	$2,190	$33,228
O-2E	$2,856	$2,412	$34,272
O-3E	$2,952	$2,691	$35,424
O-1	$2,259	$1,908	$27,108
O-2	$2,694	$2,148	$32,328
O-3	$2,868	$2,514	$34,416
O-4	$3,051	$2,757	$36,612
O-5	$3,183	$2,790	$38,196
O-6	$3,207	$2,850	$38,484
O-7	$3,228	$2,898	$38,736
O-8	$3,228	$2,898	$38,736
O-9	$3,228	$2,898	$38,736
O-10	$3,228	$2,898	$38,736

These are the COASTAL MAINE, ME rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

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Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.