Metro Nashville / Hea Behavioral Health Services
Agency file
The Hea Behavioral Health Services oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 6 employees with median total compensation of $80,437; the highest distinct record was $119,141.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 6 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($80,437) — 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 $93,945 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $63,180. 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 | $216.9K — | 5 — | $38,122 — |
| 2016 | $284.2K ▲ 31.0% | 5 ±0% | $51,346 ▲ 34.7% |
| 2017 | $259.7K ▼ 8.6% | 5 ±0% | $56,883 ▲ 10.8% |
| 2018 | $352.4K ▲ 35.7% | 6 ▲ 20.0% | $56,711 ▼ 0.3% |
| 2019 | $441.2K ▲ 25.2% | 7 ▲ 16.7% | $60,241 ▲ 6.2% |
| 2020 | $423.2K ▼ 4.1% | 12 ▲ 71.4% | $28,700 ▼ 52.4% |
| 2021 | $341.6K ▼ 19.3% | 6 ▼ 50.0% | $64,320 ▲ 124.1% |
| 2022 | $407.2K ▲ 19.2% | 6 ±0% | $67,102 ▲ 4.3% |
| 2023 | $364.6K ▼ 10.5% | 7 ▲ 16.7% | $49,847 ▼ 25.7% |
| 2024 | $102.7K ▼ 71.8% | 1 ▼ 85.7% | $102,677 ▲ 106.0% |
| 2025 | $509.3K ▲ 396.0% | 6 ▲ 500.0% | $80,437 ▼ 21.7% |
Record list
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Public Health Administrator 1/Hea Behavioral Health Services
Source-specific fields
At Hea Behavioral Health Services, Sheldon Walker serves as a Public Health Administrator 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $72,137.