BAH 2026Military housing area SC260
Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 66 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,878a month203rd highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,647a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,232a monthtied for 234th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 66in this DoD area
Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC pays $1,878 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 203rd 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 SC260. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,812 | $1,479 |
| E‑2 | $1,812 | $1,479 |
| E‑3 | $1,812 | $1,479 |
| E‑4 | $1,812 | $1,479 |
| E‑5 | $1,878 | $1,647 |
| E‑6 | $2,121 | $1,746 |
| E‑7 | $2,160 | $1,812 |
| E‑8 | $2,202 | $1,932 |
| E‑9 | $2,310 | $1,995 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,136 | $1,803 |
| W‑2 | $2,175 | $1,929 |
| W‑3 | $2,235 | $2,004 |
| W‑4 | $2,340 | $2,121 |
| W‑5 | $2,475 | $2,166 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,163 | $1,875 |
| O‑2E | $2,223 | $1,980 |
| O‑3E | $2,361 | $2,109 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,914 | $1,743 |
| O‑2 | $2,118 | $1,860 |
| O‑3 | $2,232 | $2,028 |
| O‑4 | $2,517 | $2,151 |
| O‑5 | $2,724 | $2,172 |
| O‑6 | $2,745 | $2,211 |
| O‑7 | $2,760 | $2,247 |
| O‑8† | $2,760 | $2,247 |
| O‑9† | $2,760 | $2,247 |
| O‑10† | $2,760 | $2,247 |
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 66 ZIP codes in Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC (SC260). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 29207, the ZIP of Fort Jackson, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 66 ZIP codesAll 66 ZIP codes
- 290xx
- 29002 29006 29009 29016 29020 29021 29032 29033 29036 29044 29045 29052 29053 29054 29061 29063 29070 29071 29072 29073 29074 29078
- 291xx
- 29112 29123 29147 29160 29169 29170 29171 29172 29175 29177
- 292xx
- 29201 29202 29203 29204 29205 29206 29207 29208 29209 29210 29211 29212 29214 29215 29216 29217 29218 29219 29220 29221 29222 29223 29224 29225 29226 29227 29228 29229 29230 29240 29250 29260 29290 29292
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in SC260; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in South Carolina
Areas whose DoD code starts with SC, 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.