Metro Nashville / MNPS Nashville Big Picture High / Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in MNPS Nashville Big Picture High. Median total compensation for the role is $27,847, below the department median of $38,074.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 6,060 people — is $32,620. MNPS Nashville Big Picture High pays a median base salary of $26,757 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary 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 Nashville Big Picture High’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 1,420,350 people — is $36,780. MNPS Nashville Big Picture High’s median base salary is 27% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Nashville Big Picture High is $27,847, 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
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education is held in 170 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Nashville Big Picture High, the median of $27,847 ranks #48 of 170.
Median total compensation for the Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/MNPS Nashville Big Picture High
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David Bonkowski holds the role of Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education at MNPS Nashville Big Picture High. In 2023, their total compensation was $27,847.