2026 BAH · Ohio

Ohio BAH rates 2026

Ohio has 7 military housing areas. E-5 BAH with dependents ranges from $1,191 in Youngstown, OH to $2,283 in Cincinnati, OH.

Housing area	E-1 with	E-5 with	E-5 without	O-3 with	vs 2025
Cincinnati, OH	$2,031	$2,283	$1,713	$2,604	+6.9%
Toledo, OH	$1,758	$2,031	$1,524	$2,199	+4.1%
Cleveland, OH	$1,791	$1,998	$1,500	$2,457	+6.9%
Columbus, OH	$1,782	$1,875	$1,587	$2,577	+5.1%
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	$1,533	$1,650	$1,341	$2,097	+7.0%
Akron, OH	$1,536	$1,581	$1,383	$1,977	+6.1%
Youngstown, OH	$1,134	$1,191	$1,017	$1,767	+5.0%

Bases

E-5 monthly BAH, 2026.

Installation	Service	Housing area	E-5 with	E-5 without
Wright-Patterson AFB	Air Force	Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	$1,650	$1,341

734 Ohio ZIP codes fall outside the housing areas above and get a county cost group rate.

Group	ZIPs in OH	E-5 with	E-5 without
County Cost Group 690	76	$1,482	$1,200
County Cost Group 610	71	$1,410	$1,143
County Cost Group 660	67	$1,449	$1,176
County Cost Group 800	60	$1,962	$1,599
County Cost Group 630	56	$1,425	$1,155
County Cost Group 670	53	$1,461	$1,185
County Cost Group 720	53	$1,536	$1,245
County Cost Group 730	53	$1,557	$1,263
County Cost Group 680	39	$1,470	$1,191
County Cost Group 700	39	$1,497	$1,212
County Cost Group 580	37	$1,380	$1,119
County Cost Group 590	27	$1,392	$1,128
County Cost Group 640	23	$1,434	$1,161
County Cost Group 620	19	$1,419	$1,149
County Cost Group 780	13	$1,815	$1,476
County Cost Group 750	12	$1,638	$1,332
County Cost Group 570	11	$1,371	$1,107
County Cost Group 710	11	$1,515	$1,227
County Cost Group 790	8	$1,890	$1,542
County Cost Group 600	6	$1,404	$1,137

Defense Travel Management Office, BAH rates, all locations and all pay grades, 2026 (ASCII files), BAH Rate Lookup. Downloaded 2026-10-08.
DTMO, 2025 and earlier rate files (same page), used for year-over-year change.