Metro Nashville / MNPS Cumberland Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in MNPS Cumberland Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $43,812, above the department median of $42,279.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 860 people — is $60,680. MNPS Cumberland Elementary pays a median base salary of $50,047 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education across every employer in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows MNPS Cumberland Elementary’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 108,870 people — is $62,680. MNPS Cumberland Elementary’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 19th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 13 of 19 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at MNPS Cumberland Elementary is $44,960, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Teacher - Kindergarten is held in 74 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Cumberland Elementary, the median of $43,812 ranks #57 of 74.
Median total compensation for the Teacher - Kindergarten role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $50,288 ranks #2 of 2. See Teacher Kindergarten across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Teacher Kindergartenroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Cumberland Elementary
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Chenille Lanier-Mcclain works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Cumberland Elementary. Chenille earned $77,977 in 2025.
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Chriseni Pulse works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Cumberland Elementary. Chriseni earned $60,646 in 2018.
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Glenda Grammer is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Cumberland Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $59,704.
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At MNPS Cumberland Elementary, Sarah Ekstrom serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2018 pay totaled $51,680.
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At MNPS Cumberland Elementary, Emilyanne Mathis serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2018 pay totaled $44,960.
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At MNPS Cumberland Elementary, Amy Peeples serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2015 pay totaled $43,812.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Cumberland Elementary
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Meredith Mcclay works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Cumberland Elementary. Meredith earned $43,291 in 2016.
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Alexis Ralph holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Cumberland Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $42,924.
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Victoria Boyd holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Cumberland Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $16,697.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Cumberland Elementary
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Typhani Fuqua is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Cumberland Elementary. 2019 total compensation came to $5,468.
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At MNPS Cumberland Elementary, Kathern Price serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2022 pay totaled $2,475.