BAH 2026Military housing area OH230
Columbus, OH BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Columbus, OH military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 98 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,875a monthtied for 204th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,587a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,577a month164th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 98in this DoD area
Columbus, OH pays $1,875 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 204th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for OH230. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,782 | $1,422 |
| E‑2 | $1,782 | $1,422 |
| E‑3 | $1,782 | $1,422 |
| E‑4 | $1,782 | $1,422 |
| E‑5 | $1,875 | $1,587 |
| E‑6 | $2,238 | $1,692 |
| E‑7 | $2,364 | $1,782 |
| E‑8 | $2,496 | $1,953 |
| E‑9 | $2,640 | $2,055 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,259 | $1,761 |
| W‑2 | $2,418 | $1,950 |
| W‑3 | $2,583 | $2,070 |
| W‑4 | $2,664 | $2,262 |
| W‑5 | $2,766 | $2,391 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,385 | $1,872 |
| O‑2E | $2,556 | $2,031 |
| O‑3E | $2,679 | $2,232 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,926 | $1,686 |
| O‑2 | $2,235 | $1,848 |
| O‑3 | $2,577 | $2,103 |
| O‑4 | $2,793 | $2,364 |
| O‑5 | $2,949 | $2,439 |
| O‑6 | $2,973 | $2,562 |
| O‑7 | $2,991 | $2,604 |
| O‑8† | $2,991 | $2,604 |
| O‑9† | $2,991 | $2,604 |
| O‑10† | $2,991 | $2,604 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 98 ZIP codes in Columbus, OH (OH230). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 43001, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 98 ZIP codesAll 98 ZIP codes
- 430xx
- 43001 43002 43004 43008 43013 43016 43017 43018 43023 43025 43026 43027 43030 43031 43033 43046 43054 43055 43056 43058 43062 43068 43069 43071 43073 43080 43081 43085 43086 43093
- 431xx
- 43102 43105 43107 43109 43110 43112 43119 43123 43125 43126 43130 43136 43137 43147 43148 43150 43154 43155 43157 43165 43194 43195 43199
- 432xx
- 43201 43202 43203 43204 43205 43206 43207 43209 43210 43211 43212 43213 43214 43215 43216 43217 43218 43219 43220 43221 43222 43223 43224 43226 43227 43228 43229 43230 43231 43232 43234 43235 43236 43251 43260 43266 43268 43270 43271 43272 43279 43287 43291
- 437xx
- 43721 43740
Other areas in Ohio
Areas whose DoD code starts with OH, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.