Metro Nashville / Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia / Teacher - Ex Education
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
5 employees hold this title in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia. Median total compensation for the role is $50,434, above the department median of $50,336.
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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia pays a median base salary of $56,402 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 20th 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia’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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 20th 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 Jones Paideia is $53,230, 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.
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Teacher - Ex Education is held in 136 Metro Nashville departments. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia, the median of $50,434 ranks #53 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.
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Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia
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Meredith Gould holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia. In 2015, their total compensation was $65,625.
Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia
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Darion Stuckey holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia. In 2018, their total compensation was $53,230.
Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia
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Waldrain Boyd holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia. In 2016, their total compensation was $50,434.
Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia, Laquinta Lindsley serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2020 pay totaled $49,616.
Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia
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Tammie Ashe holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Jones Paideia. In 2022, their total compensation was $6,357.