E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
Fort Knox$1,893
Lansing$1,890
Little Rock$1,887
Auburn$1,878
Grand Forks$1,863
Fort Benning$1,842
Johnson City$1,839
County Cost Group 760$1,836
Robins AFB$1,833
Anniston$1,335
Grand Forks is #242 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 Grand Forks0 – $2,214 / month
E-1$1,233
E-2$1,233
E-3$1,233
E-4$1,233
E-5$1,299
E-6$1,500
E-7$1,554
E-8$1,791
E-9$1,863
W-1$1,518
W-2$1,788
W-3$1,875
W-4$2,013
W-5$2,091
O-1E$1,728
O-2E$1,848
O-3E$1,995
O-1$1,329
O-2$1,662
O-3$1,902
O-4$2,070
O-5$2,109
O-6$2,178
O-7$2,214
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,863 a month of BAH takes more than $1,863 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.