Metro Nashville / Library Reference Services
Agency file
The Library Reference Services is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 19 employees with median total compensation of $52,747; the highest distinct record was $123,512.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 19 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($52,747) — 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 $78,439 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $9,019. 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 | $737.1K — | 32 — | $15,923 — |
| 2016 | $760.7K ▲ 3.2% | 27 ▼ 15.6% | $29,331 ▲ 84.2% |
| 2017 | $834.4K ▲ 9.7% | 26 ▼ 3.7% | $34,136 ▲ 16.4% |
| 2018 | $745.8K ▼ 10.6% | 23 ▼ 11.5% | $33,309 ▼ 2.4% |
| 2019 | $743.9K ▼ 0.3% | 21 ▼ 8.7% | $35,542 ▲ 6.7% |
| 2020 | $632.4K ▼ 15.0% | 20 ▼ 4.8% | $31,638 ▼ 11.0% |
| 2021 | $601.8K ▼ 4.8% | 16 ▼ 20.0% | $39,006 ▲ 23.3% |
| 2022 | $664.2K ▲ 10.4% | 21 ▲ 31.3% | $29,567 ▼ 24.2% |
| 2023 | $703.1K ▲ 5.9% | 27 ▲ 28.6% | $13,638 ▼ 53.9% |
| 2024 | $113.2K ▼ 83.9% | 1 ▼ 96.3% | $113,171 ▲ 729.8% |
| 2025 | $820K ▲ 624.6% | 19 ▲ 1800.0% | $52,747 ▼ 53.4% |
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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 Reference Services
Source-specific fields
Ninabea Nesmith works as a Program Specialist 2 for Library Reference Services. Ninabea earned $45,776 in 2023.