Metro Nashville / MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education / Teacher Ex Education
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
16 employees hold this title in MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. Median total compensation for the role is $68,583, above the department median of $36,073.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 16 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 Harris-Hillman Special Education pays a median base salary of $68,379 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 57th 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 Harris-Hillman Special Education’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 Harris-Hillman Special Education’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 37th 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 16 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 Harris-Hillman Special Education is $68,583, 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 161 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education, the median of $68,583 ranks #30 of 161.
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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Henry Mahasi holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $84,329.
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Anne Kabiling works as a Teacher Ex Education for MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. Anne earned $83,133 in 2023.
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Reid Jones is a Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. 2023 total compensation came to $81,010.
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Sally Tidball works as a Teacher Ex Education for MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. Sally earned $76,874 in 2023.
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Lisa Keown is a Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. 2023 total compensation came to $75,880.
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Jessica Adkins is a Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. 2023 total compensation came to $73,493.
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Katrina Sellers holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $71,232.
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Melanie Blakley works as a Teacher Ex Education for MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. Melanie earned $69,547 in 2023.
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Mary Manley holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $67,618.
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Bailey Seils is a Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. 2023 total compensation came to $66,790.
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Lauren Woodson holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $64,022.
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Katelyn Thorne holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $61,661.
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At MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education, Marshall Hodge serves as a Teacher Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $60,470.
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Courtney Nowell holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $60,058.
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Jared Freihoefer is a Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. 2023 total compensation came to $48,932.
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Laurabeth Patterson holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at MNPS Harris-Hillman Special Education. In 2023, their total compensation was $17,778.