Metro Nashville / MNPS Eakin Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
15 employees hold this title in MNPS Eakin Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $44,696, above the department median of $36,737.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 15 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 Eakin Elementary pays a median base salary of $45,965 for this role, 24% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Eakin 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 Eakin Elementary’s median base salary is 27% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 19 of 23 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 Eakin Elementary is $46,050, 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 Eakin Elementary, the median of $44,696 ranks #52 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 Eakin Elementary
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At MNPS Eakin Elementary, Mary Asbell serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2023 pay totaled $81,216.
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At MNPS Eakin Elementary, Laura Dobransky serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2025 pay totaled $72,987.
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Leanne Rusk-Carter holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. In 2025, their total compensation was $72,816.
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Jenna Watson holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $58,566.
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Julianne Robinson works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Eakin Elementary. Julianne earned $50,862 in 2021.
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Rachel Mathews works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Eakin Elementary. Rachel earned $46,053 in 2017.
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At MNPS Eakin Elementary, Kiersten Pannell serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2019 pay totaled $46,050.
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Madelyne See holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. In 2017, their total compensation was $44,696.
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At MNPS Eakin Elementary, Haley Frye serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2016 pay totaled $43,950.
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At MNPS Eakin Elementary, Emily Cummings serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2016 pay totaled $43,110.
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Hannah Cates is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. 2015 total compensation came to $41,013.
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Cynthia Stone is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. 2016 total compensation came to $39,955.
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Jana York holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $39,590.
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Brenna Wiedman is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $3,622.
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Rebecca Katsetos holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Eakin Elementary. In 2021, their total compensation was $85.