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Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base is paid at COLUMBUS, OH, housing area OH230. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,875 a month there, tax free.
Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base sits inside COLUMBUS, OH, so that's the rate it pays.
Every pay grade at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
| Grade | With dependents | Without | A year, with deps |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | $1,782 | $1,422 | $21,384 |
| E-2 | $1,782 | $1,422 | $21,384 |
| E-3 | $1,782 | $1,422 | $21,384 |
| E-4 | $1,782 | $1,422 | $21,384 |
| E-5 | $1,875 | $1,587 | $22,500 |
| E-6 | $2,238 | $1,692 | $26,856 |
| E-7 | $2,364 | $1,782 | $28,368 |
| E-8 | $2,496 | $1,953 | $29,952 |
| E-9 | $2,640 | $2,055 | $31,680 |
| W-1 | $2,259 | $1,761 | $27,108 |
| W-2 | $2,418 | $1,950 | $29,016 |
| W-3 | $2,583 | $2,070 | $30,996 |
| W-4 | $2,664 | $2,262 | $31,968 |
| W-5 | $2,766 | $2,391 | $33,192 |
| O-1E | $2,385 | $1,872 | $28,620 |
| O-2E | $2,556 | $2,031 | $30,672 |
| O-3E | $2,679 | $2,232 | $32,148 |
| O-1 | $1,926 | $1,686 | $23,112 |
| O-2 | $2,235 | $1,848 | $26,820 |
| O-3 | $2,577 | $2,103 | $30,924 |
| O-4 | $2,793 | $2,364 | $33,516 |
| O-5 | $2,949 | $2,439 | $35,388 |
| O-6 | $2,973 | $2,562 | $35,676 |
| O-7 | $2,991 | $2,604 | $35,892 |
| O-8 | $2,991 | $2,604 | $35,892 |
| O-9 | $2,991 | $2,604 | $35,892 |
| O-10 | $2,991 | $2,604 | $35,892 |
These are the COLUMBUS, OH rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip
Paid at the same rate
A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.
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