Metro Nashville / Mco Administration
Agency file
The Mco Administration provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.
In 2025, this agency had 55 employees with median total compensation of $25,615; the highest distinct record was $232,467.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 55 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($25,615) — 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 $100,831 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $25,615. 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 | $913.2K — | 44 — | $15,000 — |
| 2016 | $1.1M ▲ 22.5% | 73 ▲ 65.9% | $12,101 ▼ 19.3% |
| 2017 | $1.3M ▲ 16.1% | 51 ▼ 30.1% | $15,577 ▲ 28.7% |
| 2018 | $1.3M ▼ 0.6% | 50 ▼ 2.0% | $15,000 ▼ 3.7% |
| 2019 | $1.4M ▲ 9.4% | 52 ▲ 4.0% | $15,000 ±0% |
| 2020 | $1.8M ▲ 24.3% | 78 ▲ 50.0% | $18,214 ▲ 21.4% |
| 2021 | $1.9M ▲ 5.8% | 53 ▼ 32.1% | $23,100 ▲ 26.8% |
| 2022 | $1.9M ▲ 1.7% | 58 ▲ 9.4% | $23,100 ±0% |
| 2023 | $1.3M ▼ 29.1% | 54 ▼ 6.9% | $23,989 ▲ 3.8% |
| 2024 | $217K ▼ 83.8% | 1 ▼ 98.1% | $217,018 ▲ 804.7% |
| 2025 | $2.3M ▲ 953.6% | 55 ▲ 5400.0% | $25,615 ▼ 88.2% |
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Record list
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Special Assistant to the Director/Mco Administration
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Richard Burnette is a Special Assistant to the Director at Mco Administration. 2017 total compensation came to $77,011.