Metro Nashville / Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources / Interpreter 2
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $51,929, below the department median of $57,336.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Interpreters and Translators — about 290 people — is $49,840. Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources pays a median base salary of $48,688 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Interpreters and Translators 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, Human Resources’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Interpreters and Translators — about 52,060 people — is $60,170. Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 29th 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 6 of 7 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, Human Resources is $48,525, 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
Interpreter 2 is held in 3 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources, the median of $51,929 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Interpreter 2 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 $30,524 ranks #6 of 8. See Interpreter across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Interpreter 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.
Record list
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Interpreter 2/Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources
Source-specific fields
Yousef Alhindi holds the role of Interpreter 2 at Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources. In 2025, their total compensation was $59,275.
Interpreter 2/Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources
Source-specific fields
Asmaa Abbou Chaar holds the role of Interpreter 2 at Metro Public Health Department, Administrative Line of Business, Human Resources. In 2025, their total compensation was $44,583.