BAH 2026Military housing area TN269
Nashville, TN BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Nashville, TN military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 78 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page4 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $2,268a monthtied for 130th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,869a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,784a month129th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 78in this DoD area
Nashville, TN pays $2,268 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 130th 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 TN269. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $2,112 | $1,722 |
| E‑2 | $2,112 | $1,722 |
| E‑3 | $2,112 | $1,722 |
| E‑4 | $2,112 | $1,722 |
| E‑5 | $2,268 | $1,869 |
| E‑6 | $2,673 | $2,004 |
| E‑7 | $2,712 | $2,118 |
| E‑8 | $2,754 | $2,355 |
| E‑9 | $2,853 | $2,469 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $2,694 | $2,070 |
| W‑2 | $2,730 | $2,352 |
| W‑3 | $2,787 | $2,484 |
| W‑4 | $2,877 | $2,676 |
| W‑5 | $2,997 | $2,721 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $2,718 | $2,265 |
| O‑2E | $2,772 | $2,442 |
| O‑3E | $2,898 | $2,667 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $2,322 | $1,953 |
| O‑2 | $2,670 | $2,220 |
| O‑3 | $2,784 | $2,523 |
| O‑4 | $3,033 | $2,706 |
| O‑5 | $3,219 | $2,724 |
| O‑6 | $3,243 | $2,760 |
| O‑7 | $3,264 | $2,808 |
| O‑8† | $3,264 | $2,808 |
| O‑9† | $3,264 | $2,808 |
| O‑10† | $3,264 | $2,808 |
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 78 ZIP codes in Nashville, TN (TN269). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 37011, one ZIP in this area, or at a ZIP the check below finds in this area.
Show all 78 ZIP codesAll 78 ZIP codes
- 370xx
- 37011 37013 37014 37024 37027 37037 37046 37060 37062 37063 37064 37065 37067 37068 37069 37070 37072 37076 37080 37085 37086 37089
- 371xx
- 37115 37116 37118 37127 37128 37129 37130 37131 37132 37133 37135 37138 37153 37167 37179 37189
- 372xx
- 37201 37202 37203 37204 37205 37206 37207 37208 37209 37210 37211 37212 37213 37214 37215 37216 37217 37218 37219 37220 37221 37222 37224 37227 37228 37229 37230 37232 37234 37235 37236 37238 37240 37241 37242 37243 37244 37246 37250
- 384xx
- 38476
Other areas in Tennessee
Areas whose DoD code starts with TN, 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.