Metro Nashville / Gsc Judges
Agency file
The Gsc Judges operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 75 employees with median total compensation of $66,601; the highest distinct record was $212,779.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 75 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($66,601) — 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 $212,779 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $3,428. 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 | $4.1M — | 72 — | $44,745 — |
| 2016 | $4.2M ▲ 2.3% | 66 ▼ 8.3% | $51,533 ▲ 15.2% |
| 2017 | $4.5M ▲ 8.7% | 68 ▲ 3.0% | $56,594 ▲ 9.8% |
| 2018 | $4.5M ▼ 1.3% | 80 ▲ 17.6% | $46,921 ▼ 17.1% |
| 2019 | $4.7M ▲ 4.8% | 73 ▼ 8.8% | $51,562 ▲ 9.9% |
| 2020 | $4.8M ▲ 3.0% | 75 ▲ 2.7% | $53,525 ▲ 3.8% |
| 2021 | $4.9M ▲ 1.4% | 75 ±0% | $54,967 ▲ 2.7% |
| 2022 | $5.1M ▲ 3.6% | 77 ▲ 2.7% | $54,798 ▼ 0.3% |
| 2023 | $2.8M ▼ 43.7% | 95 ▲ 23.4% | $18,571 ▼ 66.1% |
| 2024 | $204.4K ▼ 92.8% | 1 ▼ 98.9% | $204,365 ▲ 1000.5% |
| 2025 | $5.8M ▲ 2736.2% | 75 ▲ 7400.0% | $66,601 ▼ 67.4% |
Record list
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Judicial Commissioner/Gsc Judges
Source-specific fields
Steve Holzapfel holds the role of Judicial Commissioner at Gsc Judges. In 2025, their total compensation was $142,503.