Metro Nashville / MNPS Ruby Major Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $46,730, above the department median of $37,956.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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 Ruby Major Elementary pays a median base salary of $54,300 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 35th 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 Ruby Major 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 Ruby Major Elementary’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 30th 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 15 of 19 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 Ruby Major Elementary is $46,901, 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 Ruby Major Elementary, the median of $46,730 ranks #32 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 Ruby Major Elementary
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Kimberly Parrish holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. In 2025, their total compensation was $94,835.
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Courtney Graves works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. Courtney earned $73,968 in 2023.
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Stacy Young is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. 2017 total compensation came to $54,746.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Ruby Major Elementary
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Kristen Gatlin works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. Kristen earned $49,960 in 2018.
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At MNPS Ruby Major Elementary, Amanda Baker serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2020 pay totaled $46,901.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Ruby Major Elementary
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Abby Keel is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. 2019 total compensation came to $46,730.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Ruby Major Elementary
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Michaela Brown holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $43,146.
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Fiorella Carr works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. Fiorella earned $35,141 in 2019.
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Karen Morgan is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. 2020 total compensation came to $26,235.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Ruby Major Elementary
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Jessica Hodges holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $23,118.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Ruby Major Elementary
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Deborah Smith works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Ruby Major Elementary. Deborah earned $110 in 2021.