Metro Nashville / Gsc General Probation / Probation Officer 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
33 employees hold this title in Gsc General Probation. Median total compensation for the role is $38,153, below the department median of $72,023.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 33 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 Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists — about 630 people — is $58,010. Gsc General Probation pays a median base salary of $53,663 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 26th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 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 Gsc General Probation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists — about 89,390 people — is $66,270. Gsc General Probation’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 24th 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 41 of 57 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 Gsc General Probation is $48,392, 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
Probation Officer 1 is held in 16 Metro Nashville departments. In Gsc General Probation, the median of $38,153 ranks #4 of 16.
Median total compensation for the Probation Officer 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 8 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $40,603 ranks #6 of 8. See Probation Officer across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Probation Officerroles 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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Probation Officer 1/Gsc General Probation
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Prentiss Martin is a Probation Officer 1 at Gsc General Probation. 2025 total compensation came to $63,955.
Probation Officer 1/Gsc General Probation
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Robin Lively holds the role of Probation Officer 1 at Gsc General Probation. In 2025, their total compensation was $61,604.