Metro Nashville / Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership / Public Health Administrator 1
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
6 employees hold this title in Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership. Median total compensation for the role is $34,315, below the department median of $100,831.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 5,510 people — is $116,480. Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership pays a median base salary of $86,745 for this role, 26% below that figure — about the 26th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Medical and Health Services Managers 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 Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 597,080 people — is $123,860. Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership’s median base salary is 30% below that national figure, about the 19th 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 7 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership is $51,243, 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
Public Health Administrator 1 is held in 26 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership, the median of $34,315 ranks #21 of 26.
Median total compensation for the Public Health Administrator 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 4 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $51,243 ranks #4 of 4. See Public Health Administrator across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Public Health Administrator roles 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.
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At Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership, Kashawna Lollis serves as a Public Health Administrator 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $79,863.
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Erin Bortel works as a Public Health Administrator 1 for Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership. Erin earned $51,243 in 2025.
Public Health Administrator 1/Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership
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At Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership, Diana Gomez serves as a Public Health Administrator 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $37,758.
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Matthew Peters works as a Public Health Administrator 1 for Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership. Matthew earned $30,872 in 2023.
Public Health Administrator 1/Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership
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At Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership, Christian Sinclair serves as a Public Health Administrator 1. Their 2023 pay totaled $20,795.
Public Health Administrator 1/Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership
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At Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Executive Leadership, Angela Williams serves as a Public Health Administrator 1. Their 2021 pay totaled $6,111.