Metro Nashville / Library Richland Park
Agency file
The Library Richland Park protects natural resources and the environment — conservation, parks and wildlife, and environmental regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $33,015; the highest distinct record was $94,615.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 11 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($33,015) — 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 $54,049 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $7,948. 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 | $206.4K — | 7 — | $31,762 — |
| 2016 | $199K ▼ 3.6% | 7 ±0% | $34,390 ▲ 8.3% |
| 2017 | $206.5K ▲ 3.8% | 9 ▲ 28.6% | $24,171 ▼ 29.7% |
| 2018 | $264K ▲ 27.8% | 9 ±0% | $30,074 ▲ 24.4% |
| 2019 | $223.3K ▼ 15.4% | 8 ▼ 11.1% | $32,233 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2020 | $240.2K ▲ 7.6% | 7 ▼ 12.5% | $37,439 ▲ 16.2% |
| 2021 | $230.9K ▼ 3.9% | 7 ±0% | $31,560 ▼ 15.7% |
| 2022 | $246.5K ▲ 6.8% | 13 ▲ 85.7% | $17,993 ▼ 43.0% |
| 2023 | $307.4K ▲ 24.7% | 13 ±0% | $17,254 ▼ 4.1% |
| 2024 | $88.4K ▼ 71.3% | 1 ▼ 92.3% | $88,356 ▲ 412.1% |
| 2025 | $396.9K ▲ 349.2% | 11 ▲ 1000.0% | $33,015 ▼ 62.6% |
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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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Library Associate 1/Library Richland Park
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At Library Richland Park, Kristen Howell serves as a Library Associate 1. Their 2021 pay totaled $37,677.
Library Associate 2/Library Richland Park
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Lou Williams is a Library Associate 2 at Library Richland Park. 2022 total compensation came to $36,729.