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MichiganUnited States Coast Guard Yards and Docks BAH
United States Coast Guard Yards and Docks is paid at SAULT STE MARIE, MI, housing area MI145. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,536 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. United States Coast Guard Yards and Docks sits inside SAULT STE MARIE, MI, so that's the rate it pays.
Every pay grade at United States Coast Guard Yards and Docks
| Grade | With dependents | Without | A year, with deps |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | $1,386 | $1,041 | $16,632 |
| E-2 | $1,386 | $1,041 | $16,632 |
| E-3 | $1,386 | $1,041 | $16,632 |
| E-4 | $1,386 | $1,041 | $16,632 |
| E-5 | $1,536 | $1,155 | $18,432 |
| E-6 | $1,920 | $1,437 | $23,040 |
| E-7 | $1,941 | $1,458 | $23,292 |
| E-8 | $1,950 | $1,617 | $23,400 |
| E-9 | $2,058 | $1,728 | $24,696 |
| W-1 | $1,938 | $1,455 | $23,256 |
| W-2 | $1,947 | $1,614 | $23,364 |
| W-3 | $1,962 | $1,743 | $23,544 |
| W-4 | $2,097 | $1,917 | $25,164 |
| W-5 | $2,268 | $1,935 | $27,216 |
| O-1E | $1,944 | $1,533 | $23,328 |
| O-2E | $1,953 | $1,701 | $23,436 |
| O-3E | $2,124 | $1,911 | $25,488 |
| O-1 | $1,590 | $1,230 | $19,080 |
| O-2 | $1,917 | $1,491 | $23,004 |
| O-3 | $1,959 | $1,779 | $23,508 |
| O-4 | $2,325 | $1,923 | $27,900 |
| O-5 | $2,595 | $1,947 | $31,140 |
| O-6 | $2,613 | $1,959 | $31,356 |
| O-7 | $2,628 | $1,971 | $31,536 |
| O-8 | $2,628 | $1,971 | $31,536 |
| O-9 | $2,628 | $1,971 | $31,536 |
| O-10 | $2,628 | $1,971 | $31,536 |
These are the SAULT STE MARIE, MI 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.
- Coast Guard Station Sault Sainte Marie
Moving here, or away
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