Metro Nashville / MNPS Gower Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
15 employees hold this title in MNPS Gower Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $47,320, above the department median of $39,333.
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 Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 130 people — is $63,300. MNPS Gower Elementary pays a median base salary of $53,018 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Special Education Teachers, All Other 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 Gower Elementary’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 33,930 people — is $76,580. MNPS Gower Elementary’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, about the 15th 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 15 of 21 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 Gower Elementary is $47,320, 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 - Ex Education is held in 136 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Gower Elementary, the median of $47,320 ranks #71 of 136.
Median total compensation for the Teacher - Ex Education role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS Gower Elementary
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Lindsay Jackson serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $80,848.
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Rebecca Brewer is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. 2023 total compensation came to $76,877.
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Lola Beard is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. 2023 total compensation came to $69,614.
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Patrice Hilson holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. In 2017, their total compensation was $65,021.
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Tammy Gardner works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Gower Elementary. Tammy earned $54,587 in 2019.
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Angela Walker serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2018 pay totaled $49,081.
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Alison Wilhelm holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $48,215.
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Gary Morrison Jr serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2016 pay totaled $47,320.
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Kayla Davis works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Gower Elementary. Kayla earned $43,463 in 2019.
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William Turney holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. In 2017, their total compensation was $41,555.
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Suzanne Wright holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $32,042.
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Sarah Gentry serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2022 pay totaled $28,452.
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Melissa Mccoy serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2015 pay totaled $27,535.
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At MNPS Gower Elementary, Amanda Gray serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2015 pay totaled $17,864.
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Tamia Williams is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Gower Elementary. 2017 total compensation came to $514.