Georgia

Fort Gillem BAH

Fort Gillem is paid at ATLANTA, GA, housing area GA071. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,388 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. Fort Gillem sits inside ATLANTA, GA, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: GA071Rank at E-5: 109 of 338vs national median: +16%

Every pay grade at Fort Gillem

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,259	$1,752	$27,108
E-2	$2,259	$1,752	$27,108
E-3	$2,259	$1,752	$27,108
E-4	$2,259	$1,752	$27,108
E-5	$2,388	$1,995	$28,656
E-6	$2,709	$2,139	$32,508
E-7	$2,730	$2,262	$32,760
E-8	$2,739	$2,457	$32,868
E-9	$2,757	$2,544	$33,084
W-1	$2,727	$2,226	$32,724
W-2	$2,736	$2,454	$32,832
W-3	$2,748	$2,559	$32,976
W-4	$2,772	$2,703	$33,264
W-5	$2,841	$2,712	$34,092
O-1E	$2,733	$2,385	$32,796
O-2E	$2,742	$2,526	$32,904
O-3E	$2,784	$2,700	$33,408
O-1	$2,433	$2,130	$29,196
O-2	$2,706	$2,349	$32,472
O-3	$2,745	$2,589	$32,940
O-4	$2,859	$2,706	$34,308
O-5	$2,964	$2,715	$35,568
O-6	$2,985	$2,718	$35,820
O-7	$3,006	$2,742	$36,072
O-8	$3,006	$2,742	$36,072
O-9	$3,006	$2,742	$36,072
O-10	$3,006	$2,742	$36,072

These are the ATLANTA, GA 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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Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.