Metro Nashville / Art Public Art & Artist Devel
Agency file
The Art Public Art & Artist Devel supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.
In 2025, this agency had 7 employees with median total compensation of $82,850; the highest distinct record was $118,410.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 7 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($82,850) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $93,404 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $23,815. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $129.7K — | 3 — | $42,469 — |
| 2016 | $251.2K ▲ 93.7% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $50,510 ▲ 18.9% |
| 2017 | $243.5K ▼ 3.1% | 4 ±0% | $55,410 ▲ 9.7% |
| 2018 | $223.2K ▼ 8.3% | 3 ▼ 25.0% | $68,408 ▲ 23.5% |
| 2019 | $220.8K ▼ 1.1% | 3 ±0% | $70,377 ▲ 2.9% |
| 2020 | $216.4K ▼ 2.0% | 3 ±0% | $82,668 ▲ 17.5% |
| 2021 | $208.2K ▼ 3.8% | 2 ▼ 33.3% | $104,120 ▲ 26.0% |
| 2022 | $206.3K ▼ 0.9% | 2 ±0% | $103,155 ▼ 0.9% |
| 2023 | $797.5 ▼ 99.6% | 2 ±0% | $399 ▼ 99.6% |
| 2024 | $197.3K ▲ 24636.6% | 1 ▼ 50.0% | $197,275 ▲ 49373.3% |
| 2025 | $493.3K ▲ 150.0% | 7 ▲ 600.0% | $82,850 ▼ 58.0% |
Record list
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Arts Commission Executive Director/Art Public Art & Artist Devel
Source-specific fields
Paulette Coleman holds the role of Arts Commission Executive Director at Art Public Art & Artist Devel. In 2025, their total compensation was $65,769.