Metro Nashville / Metro Public Health Department, Community Safety - Health / Health Manager 2
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employee holds this title in Metro Public Health Department, Community Safety - Health. Median total compensation for the role is $71,120, above the department median of $40,225.
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, Community Safety - Health pays a median base salary of $59,156 for this role, 49% below that figure — below the 10th 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, Community Safety - Health’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, Community Safety - Health’s median base salary is 52% below that national figure, below the 10th 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, Community Safety - Health is $59,315, 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
Health Manager 2 is held in 28 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Public Health Department, Community Safety - Health, the median of $71,120 ranks #11 of 28.
Median total compensation for the Health Manager 2 role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Health Manager 2/Metro Public Health Department, Community Safety - Health
Source-specific fields
Jarrell Summers works as a Health Manager 2 for Metro Public Health Department, Community Safety - Health. Jarrell earned $71,120 in 2025.