Metro Nashville / MNPS Dan Mills Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $49,922, below the department median of $54,459.
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 Dan Mills Elementary pays a median base salary of $53,850 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 34th 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 Dan Mills 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 Dan Mills Elementary’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 29th 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 18 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Dan Mills Elementary is $48,652, 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 Dan Mills Elementary, the median of $49,922 ranks #19 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 Kindergarten roles 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 Dan Mills Elementary
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At MNPS Dan Mills Elementary, Staci Smith serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2025 pay totaled $87,768.
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Lori Wiggins works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. Lori earned $84,067 in 2025.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Dan Mills Elementary
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Mary-Evelyn Pitts is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. 2025 total compensation came to $80,163.
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Elizabeth Hickey holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $59,810.
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Danna Bass holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. In 2020, their total compensation was $55,882.
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At MNPS Dan Mills Elementary, Candace Greer serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2019 pay totaled $49,922.
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Clare Ashford is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. 2019 total compensation came to $47,383.
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Amanda Hermansdorfer is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. 2017 total compensation came to $44,988.
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Maryevelyn Pitts works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. Maryevelyn earned $44,942 in 2016.
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At MNPS Dan Mills Elementary, Brittany Pollack serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2015 pay totaled $41,357.
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Angela Riggs is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Dan Mills Elementary. 2022 total compensation came to $3,280.