Metro Nashville / MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
9 employees hold this title in MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $49,609, below the department median of $52,489.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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 May Werthan Shayne Elementary pays a median base salary of $54,145 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 18th 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 May Werthan Shayne 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 May Werthan Shayne Elementary’s median base salary is 29% below that national figure, about the 17th 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 9 of 11 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 May Werthan Shayne Elementary is $50,498, 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 May Werthan Shayne Elementary, the median of $49,609 ranks #58 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 May Werthan Shayne Elementary
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Yvette Wood is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. 2020 total compensation came to $73,411.
Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary
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At MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary, Carrie Lunsford serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2018 pay totaled $65,956.
Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary
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Robert Hawkins holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $58,805.
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Morgan Kettler is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $50,498.
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Shawn Hill holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $49,609.
Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary
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Cassandra Sylvester works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. Cassandra earned $39,748 in 2016.
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Stanford Hayes is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $25,259.
Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary
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Lauren Anderson works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary. Lauren earned $14,470 in 2016.
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At MNPS May Werthan Shayne Elementary, Ty Gordon serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2022 pay totaled $2,846.