Metro Nashville / Da Administration / Victim Advocate 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
49 employees hold this title in Da Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $37,127, below the department median of $58,752.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 49 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 1,270 people — is $43,860. Da Administration pays a median base salary of $44,268 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social and Human Service Assistants across every employer in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Da Administration’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social and Human Service Assistants — about 437,860 people — is $45,930. Da Administration’s median base salary is 4% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 32 of 52 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Da Administration is $39,170, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Victim Advocate 1 is held in 4 Metro Nashville departments. In Da Administration, the median of $37,127 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Victim Advocate 1 role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $32,842 ranks #4 of 5. See Victim Advocate across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Victim Advocateroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Victim Advocate 1/Da Administration
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At Da Administration, Nia Turner serves as a Victim Advocate 1. Their 2022 pay totaled $41,490.
Victim Advocate 1/Da Administration
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Abigail Harris holds the role of Victim Advocate 1 at Da Administration. In 2022, their total compensation was $40,988.
Victim Advocate 1/Da Administration
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Elise Flathers is a Victim Advocate 1 at Da Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $40,852.
Victim Advocate 1/Da Administration
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At Da Administration, Doni Porteous serves as a Victim Advocate 1. Their 2020 pay totaled $40,213.