Metro Nashville / Hea Epidemiology Research
Agency file
The Hea Epidemiology Research is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $79,314; the highest distinct record was $107,421.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 11 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,314) — 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 $105,311 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $16,162. 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 | $393.4K — | 6 — | $68,040 — |
| 2016 | $384.4K ▼ 2.3% | 7 ▲ 16.7% | $60,668 ▼ 10.8% |
| 2017 | $451.1K ▲ 17.3% | 6 ▼ 14.3% | $74,850 ▲ 23.4% |
| 2018 | $338.8K ▼ 24.9% | 5 ▼ 16.7% | $72,573 ▼ 3.0% |
| 2019 | $264.2K ▼ 22.0% | 4 ▼ 20.0% | $74,178 ▲ 2.2% |
| 2020 | $373.8K ▲ 41.5% | 5 ▲ 25.0% | $78,073 ▲ 5.3% |
| 2021 | $327.6K ▼ 12.4% | 6 ▲ 20.0% | $69,682 ▼ 10.7% |
| 2022 | $336K ▲ 2.6% | 5 ▼ 16.7% | $83,625 ▲ 20.0% |
| 2023 | $396.6K ▲ 18.0% | 8 ▲ 60.0% | $54,116 ▼ 35.3% |
| 2024 | $112.5K ▼ 71.6% | 1 ▼ 87.5% | $112,526 ▲ 107.9% |
| 2025 | $684.6K ▲ 508.4% | 11 ▲ 1000.0% | $79,314 ▼ 29.5% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Epidemiologist 1/Hea Epidemiology Research
Source-specific fields
At Hea Epidemiology Research, Megan Dickson serves as a Epidemiologist 1. Their 2025 pay totaled $86,454.