Metro Nashville / MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms / Secretary
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
2 employees hold this title in MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms. Median total compensation for the role is $42,696, below the department median of $52,381.
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. MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms pays a median base salary of $34,393 for this role, 30% below that figure — about the 11th 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 MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms’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. MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, about the 13th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms is $42,696, 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 MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms, the median of $42,696 ranks #9 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 Secretaryroles 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
Page 1
Secretary/MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms
Source-specific fields
Deborah Lockridge works as a Secretary for MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms. Deborah earned $52,381 in 2016.
Secretary/MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms
Source-specific fields
Valerie Harbin works as a Secretary for MNPS Leadership & Learning-Ms. Valerie earned $33,010 in 2016.