Metro Nashville / Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts / Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
8 employees hold this title in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. Median total compensation for the role is $28,088, below the department median of $66,891.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 6,060 people — is $32,620. Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts pays a median base salary of $29,018 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 27th 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 Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts’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. Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts’s median base salary is 21% 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 6 of 9 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 Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts is $27,529, 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 148 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts, the median of $28,088 ranks #40 of 148.
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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Record list
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Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Theresa Ragland works as a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. Theresa earned $36,366 in 2023.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Sandra Higgins is a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. 2023 total compensation came to $34,548.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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At Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts, Tracy Thomas serves as a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $32,955.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Kyla Clark holds the role of Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. In 2023, their total compensation was $28,647.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Sandra Higgins is a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. 2022 total compensation came to $27,529.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Tracy Thomas works as a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. Tracy earned $25,244 in 2022.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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Lauren Grantham is a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. 2023 total compensation came to $21,048.
Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts
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David Suddeth works as a Paraprofessional Pro Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville School of the Arts. David earned $4,246 in 2023.