With a VA loan — no down payment, no PMI — your monthly BAH can go toward a mortgage instead of a landlord's pocket. The median home near Dobbins Air Reserve Base runs about $341,435.

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All Dobbins Air Reserve Base BAH Rates by Pay Grade

Pay Grade	With Dependents	Without Dependents
Enlisted
E-1	$2,259	$1,752
E-2	$2,259	$1,752
E-3	$2,259	$1,752
E-4	$2,259	$1,752
E-5	$2,388	$1,995
E-6	$2,709	$2,139
E-7	$2,730	$2,262
E-8	$2,739	$2,457
E-9	$2,757	$2,544
Warrant Officer
W-1	$2,727	$2,226
W-2	$2,736	$2,454
W-3	$2,748	$2,559
W-4	$2,772	$2,703
W-5	$2,841	$2,712
Officer (Prior Enlisted)
O-1E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,733	$2,385
O-2E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,742	$2,526
O-3E (Prior Enlisted)	$2,784	$2,700
Officer
O-1	$2,433	$2,130
O-2	$2,706	$2,349
O-3	$2,745	$2,589
O-4	$2,859	$2,706
O-5	$2,964	$2,715
O-6	$2,985	$2,718
O-7	$3,006	$2,742

Official 2026 BAH rates for the ATLANTA, GA Military Housing Area, effective January 1, 2026.

About Dobbins Air Reserve Base

Welcome to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, located about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia in the city of Marietta. Named after the WWII C-47 pilot, Captain Charles M. Dobbins, Dobbins Air Reserve Base is home to the Twenty-Second Air Force and the 94th Airlift Wing. The 94th Airlift Wing, with more than 2,000 Reserve and civilian personnel, maintains combat-ready crews and aircraft able to deploy to worldwide emergencies and contingencies. The 94th AW has eight C-130s and an aircrew capable of supporting transportation for deployments, humanitarian missions, and aeromedical evacuations. The Twenty-Second Air Force is a combat-ready force made up of more than 50 aircraft, a combination of fixed-wing and rotary-wing, with more than 12,000 reserve Citizen Airmen.

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