Metro Nashville / Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
6 employees hold this title in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. Median total compensation for the role is $41,329, below the department median of $97,818.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 12,100 people — is $49,000. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support pays a median base salary of $42,255 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 31st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 35th 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 6 of 7 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support is $41,511, 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
Secretary is held in 37 Metro Nashville departments. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support, the median of $41,329 ranks #13 of 37.
Median total compensation for the Secretary 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 27 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $34,652 ranks #22 of 27. See Secretary across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Secretary 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.
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Record list
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Secretary/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support
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Chanda Wilson works as a Secretary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. Chanda earned $53,382 in 2023.
Secretary/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support, Katea Jones serves as a Secretary. Their 2017 pay totaled $43,936.
Secretary/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support
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Sydnee Bradford holds the role of Secretary at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. In 2018, their total compensation was $41,511.
Secretary/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support
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Tammy Burns works as a Secretary for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. Tammy earned $41,146 in 2022.
Secretary/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support
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Lori Scobey holds the role of Secretary at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. In 2016, their total compensation was $35,940.
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Damon Harding holds the role of Secretary at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Instructional Support. In 2020, their total compensation was $11,832.