Metro Nashville / Hea Covid Disparities Grant / Public Health Administrator 1
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Hea Covid Disparities Grant. Median total compensation for the role is $65,908, below the department median of $79,749.
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. Hea Covid Disparities Grant pays a median base salary of $65,908 for this role, 43% 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 Hea Covid Disparities Grant’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. Hea Covid Disparities Grant’s median base salary is 47% 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 Hea Covid Disparities Grant is $65,908, 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 Hea Covid Disparities Grant, the median of $65,908 ranks #9 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 Administratorroles 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 Administrator 1/Hea Covid Disparities Grant
Source-specific fields
Zacnite Vargas works as a Public Health Administrator 1 for Hea Covid Disparities Grant. Zacnite earned $65,908 in 2023.