Metro Nashville / Library Madison
Agency file
The Library Madison is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 16 employees with median total compensation of $51,774; the highest distinct record was $110,712.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 16 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($51,774) — 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 $69,913 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $41,742. 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 | $456.6K — | 16 — | $27,398 — |
| 2016 | $525K ▲ 15.0% | 22 ▲ 37.5% | $26,588 ▼ 3.0% |
| 2017 | $595.3K ▲ 13.4% | 18 ▼ 18.2% | $33,307 ▲ 25.3% |
| 2018 | $593.4K ▼ 0.3% | 16 ▼ 11.1% | $34,734 ▲ 4.3% |
| 2019 | $567.5K ▼ 4.4% | 15 ▼ 6.3% | $35,717 ▲ 2.8% |
| 2020 | $556.3K ▼ 2.0% | 17 ▲ 13.3% | $36,951 ▲ 3.5% |
| 2021 | $563.6K ▲ 1.3% | 14 ▼ 17.6% | $38,214 ▲ 3.4% |
| 2022 | $608K ▲ 7.9% | 17 ▲ 21.4% | $38,021 ▼ 0.5% |
| 2023 | $726.8K ▲ 19.5% | 18 ▲ 5.9% | $43,183 ▲ 13.6% |
| 2024 | $103.4K ▼ 85.8% | 1 ▼ 94.4% | $103,378 ▲ 139.4% |
| 2025 | $841.5K ▲ 714.0% | 16 ▲ 1500.0% | $51,774 ▼ 49.9% |
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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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Circulation Assistant/Library Madison
Source-specific fields
Barbara Brooks holds the role of Circulation Assistant at Library Madison. In 2025, their total compensation was $47,481.