Metro Nashville / Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant / Public Health Nurse 2
Job-title file
Provide direct patient care — assess conditions, administer treatment and medication, and coordinate with physicians.
1 employee holds this title in Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant. Median total compensation for the role is $95,103, above the department median of $56,189.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 25,100 people — is $84,040. Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant pays a median base salary of $70,280 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 11th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Registered Nurses 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, CHANT Grant’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Registered Nurses — about 3,379,720 people — is $97,550. Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, about the 12th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant is $70,693, 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 Nurse 2 is held in 13 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant, the median of $95,103 ranks #2 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Public Health Nurse 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 15 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $45,599 ranks #13 of 15. See Public Health Nurse across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Public Health Nurse 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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Public Health Nurse 2/Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant
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Nakishua King is a Public Health Nurse 2 at Metro Public Health Department, CHANT Grant. 2025 total compensation came to $95,103.