Metro Nashville / Juvenile Msac
Agency file
The Juvenile Msac is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 12 employees with median total compensation of $51,119; the highest distinct record was $172,488.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 12 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($51,119) — 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 $81,062 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $25,512. 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 | $365.5K — | 11 — | $29,972 — |
| 2016 | $469.7K ▲ 28.5% | 12 ▲ 9.1% | $37,265 ▲ 24.3% |
| 2017 | $625.6K ▲ 33.2% | 14 ▲ 16.7% | $35,481 ▼ 4.8% |
| 2018 | $657.2K ▲ 5.1% | 15 ▲ 7.1% | $36,100 ▲ 1.7% |
| 2019 | $726.3K ▲ 10.5% | 16 ▲ 6.7% | $38,674 ▲ 7.1% |
| 2020 | $750.5K ▲ 3.3% | 16 ±0% | $40,718 ▲ 5.3% |
| 2021 | $771.2K ▲ 2.8% | 17 ▲ 6.3% | $40,166 ▼ 1.4% |
| 2022 | $857.3K ▲ 11.2% | 20 ▲ 17.6% | $41,661 ▲ 3.7% |
| 2023 | $663.7K ▼ 22.6% | 16 ▼ 20.0% | $45,183 ▲ 8.5% |
| 2024 | $161K ▼ 75.7% | 1 ▼ 93.8% | $161,031 ▲ 256.4% |
| 2025 | $739.3K ▲ 359.1% | 12 ▲ 1100.0% | $51,119 ▼ 68.3% |
Compare
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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Probation Officer 3/Juvenile Msac
Source-specific fields
Wendy Buchanan is a Probation Officer 3 at Juvenile Msac. 2023 total compensation came to $86,618.