Metro Nashville / Library Equal Access
Agency file
The Library Equal Access is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $24,710; the highest distinct record was $67,881.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($24,710) — 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 $53,247 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $5,704. 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 | $199.9K — | 4 — | $48,651 — |
| 2016 | $237K ▲ 18.6% | 6 ▲ 50.0% | $29,844 ▼ 38.7% |
| 2017 | $248.4K ▲ 4.8% | 5 ▼ 16.7% | $40,118 ▲ 34.4% |
| 2018 | $208.3K ▼ 16.2% | 4 ▼ 20.0% | $50,515 ▲ 25.9% |
| 2019 | $218.5K ▲ 4.9% | 5 ▲ 25.0% | $41,503 ▼ 17.8% |
| 2020 | $262K ▲ 19.9% | 5 ±0% | $43,632 ▲ 5.1% |
| 2021 | $258.3K ▼ 1.4% | 5 ±0% | $44,018 ▲ 0.9% |
| 2022 | $296.3K ▲ 14.7% | 6 ▲ 20.0% | $41,634 ▼ 5.4% |
| 2023 | $194.4K ▼ 34.4% | 7 ▲ 16.7% | $17,692 ▼ 57.5% |
| 2024 | $112.4K ▼ 42.2% | 1 ▼ 85.7% | $112,409 ▲ 535.4% |
| 2025 | $274K ▲ 143.7% | 9 ▲ 800.0% | $24,710 ▼ 78.0% |
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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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Program Specialist 2/Library Equal Access
Source-specific fields
Poppy Steele is a Program Specialist 2 at Library Equal Access. 2022 total compensation came to $25,710.