E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
Gainesville$2,196
Chattanooga$2,193
Humboldt County$2,187
Ogden$2,166
Battle Creek$2,163
Eastern Panhandle$2,151
Kings Bay$2,151
Yakima$2,151
New Orleans$2,139
Anniston$1,335
Battle Creek is #180 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month —
$47,412 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Battle Creek0 – $2,535 / month
E-1$1,275
E-2$1,275
E-3$1,275
E-4$1,275
E-5$1,470
E-6$1,779
E-7$1,818
E-8$2,046
E-9$2,163
W-1$1,794
W-2$2,043
W-3$2,181
W-4$2,379
W-5$2,436
O-1E$1,956
O-2E$2,136
O-3E$2,364
O-1$1,509
O-2$1,875
O-3$2,220
O-4$2,418
O-5$2,445
O-6$2,493
O-7$2,535
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 20% 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.
03
None of it is taxed. $2,163 a month of BAH takes more than $2,163 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
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Things the rate table doesn't 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.