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Tennessee · 2025 pay

How much do Metro Nashville Government employees make?

$58,213typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$29,144 – $81,624what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

Metro Nashville publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: OfficerPolice Officer 2Associate Classroom

✓ Official data from Metro NashvilleMatches the agency's latest releasenashville.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$28,823

$58,238

$81,640

$363,962

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $40,788 in 2016 to $58,213 in 2025 (+43%).

What changed since 2024

  • +4.7%Typical pay went up from $55,599 to $58,213.
  • +75227,609 people were paid in 2025, compared with 26,857 in 2024.
  • +43%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $40,788 to $58,213, while the number of people paid went up from 25,104 to 27,609.

The next update is expected in fall 2026.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Metro Nashville Government

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$54,906
Overtime$1,428
Extra pay$1,904
Total for the year$58,238

Average of the 1,380 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Nashville Open Data), nashville.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Officer1,559$410$0k – $0k▼ 6.7%
Police Officer 21,005$97,906$85k – $115k▲ 6.8%
Associate Classroom642$30,098$16k – $33k▲ 12.2%
Fire Fighter 2470$75,843$71k – $85k▲ 11.5%
Para Pro Ex Ed456$35,321$31k – $39k▲ 4.7%
Para-Pro Ex Ed One to One446$34,451$29k – $38k▲ 2.5%
Driver Bus399$60,155$49k – $75k▲ 2.9%
Teacher Ex Ed Interventionist391$74,842$61k – $85k▲ 1.3%
Police Sergeant323$125,513$109k – $153k▲ 3.5%
Teacher Grade 2314$62,900$54k – $75k▼ 1.3%
Teacher Grade 1312$64,248$56k – $76k▼ 1.0%
Teacher Grade 3311$64,873$56k – $76k▲ 1.9%
Seasonal Worker 7308$2,640$2k – $4k▼ 8.3%
Teacher Kindergarten305$65,464$55k – $76k▲ 3.1%
Teacher English Learner Es284$73,059$64k – $82k▲ 1.4%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k4,306
  • $10k – $30k2,762
  • $30k – $50k4,506
  • $50k – $70k5,709
  • $70k – $90k5,473
  • $90k – $110k2,542
  • $110k – $150k1,718
  • $150k or more593

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Adm Election Day & Earlyvoting1,631$410
Fir Usd Fire Operations768$88,230
Fir Gsd Ems Operations449$87,219
She Offender Support Services322$37,175
Mnps Day to Day Sub Area I318$2,940
Ndot Gsd Roadway Maintenance309$42,785
Mnps Special Ed Bus Sub302$45,669
Ecc 911 Comm Sys Key Product278$63,676
Mnps Bus Drivers268$57,389
Mac Head Start264$46,329
Mnps Exceptional Education246$80,293
Mnps Antioch High234$61,177

Common questions

How much does a Metro Nashville Government employee make?

The typical employee was paid $58,213 in 2025: half of the 27,609 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $29,144 and $81,624.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 4,306 people (15.6%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (93.0% of all pay), overtime (3.4%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (3.5%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Nashville Open Data) (nashville.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in fall 2026.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals