Metro Nashville / MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
17 employees hold this title in MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $46,141, below the department median of $46,664.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 17 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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 860 people — is $60,680. MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary pays a median base salary of $47,493 for this role, 22% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 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 Paragon Mills Elementary’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 108,870 people — is $62,680. MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 11th 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 25 of 29 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 Paragon Mills Elementary is $48,232, 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 - Kindergarten is held in 74 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary, the median of $46,141 ranks #36 of 74.
Median total compensation for the Teacher - Kindergarten 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 2 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $50,288 ranks #2 of 2. See Teacher Kindergarten across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Teacher Kindergarten roles 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
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Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary
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Camille Lame is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. 2016 total compensation came to $60,154.
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Ashley Wiley holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $59,880.
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Emma Russo holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $55,814.
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Brooke Michel works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. Brooke earned $55,420 in 2022.
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Jennifer Schnell holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $53,145.
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Krystal Catlin is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $50,134.
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Sally Stroud holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2021, their total compensation was $48,593.
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Haley Unruh is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $47,155.
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At MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary, Rebekah Roberts serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2017 pay totaled $46,141.
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Brittany Walker holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $45,496.
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Brittany Mccullough is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. 2016 total compensation came to $43,684.
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At MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary, Dazarae Higgs serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2016 pay totaled $42,874.
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Krysten Haley holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $39,084.
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Heather Johnson works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. Heather earned $12,296 in 2015.
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Meredith Lowder holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2021, their total compensation was $11,076.
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Lonnette Sisler holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $5,195.
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Virginia Burke holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Paragon Mills Elementary. In 2021, their total compensation was $230.