Metro Nashville / Hea Population Health Bureau
Agency file
The Hea Population Health Bureau oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 3 employees with median total compensation of $87,196; the highest distinct record was $151,802.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 3 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($87,196) — 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 $151,802 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $63,440. 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 9 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $227.5K — | 3 — | $66,522 — |
| 2018 | $161.2K ▼ 29.2% | 2 ▼ 33.3% | $80,595 ▲ 21.2% |
| 2019 | $164.4K ▲ 2.0% | 2 ±0% | $82,209 ▲ 2.0% |
| 2020 | $176.4K ▲ 7.3% | 2 ±0% | $88,213 ▲ 7.3% |
| 2021 | $213.8K ▲ 21.2% | 2 ±0% | $106,881 ▲ 21.2% |
| 2022 | $96.7K ▼ 54.8% | 3 ▲ 50.0% | $36,556 ▼ 65.8% |
| 2023 | $61K ▼ 36.9% | 2 ▼ 33.3% | $30,521 ▼ 16.5% |
| 2024 | $141.7K ▲ 132.2% | 1 ▼ 50.0% | $141,726 ▲ 364.4% |
| 2025 | $302.4K ▲ 113.4% | 3 ▲ 200.0% | $87,196 ▼ 38.5% |
Record list
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Bureau Director 1/Hea Population Health Bureau
Source-specific fields
At Hea Population Health Bureau, Wilburene Lester serves as a Bureau Director 1. Their 2019 pay totaled $112,313.