Metro Nashville / MNPS Smith Springs Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
9 employees hold this title in MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $62,528, above the department median of $47,776.
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 Smith Springs Elementary pays a median base salary of $59,259 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 23rd 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 Smith Springs 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 Smith Springs Elementary’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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 7 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 Smith Springs Elementary is $46,202, 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 Smith Springs Elementary, the median of $62,528 ranks #21 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 Smith Springs Elementary
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Cindy Baker is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. 2022 total compensation came to $76,157.
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Allison Landreth works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Allison earned $65,848 in 2022.
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Deanna Rawson holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. In 2017, their total compensation was $63,359.
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Karen James is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. 2020 total compensation came to $63,338.
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Kary Jury holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $62,528.
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Courtney Lee holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $46,202.
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At MNPS Smith Springs Elementary, Quanica Holt serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2016 pay totaled $43,104.
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Karen Freeman holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $5,192.
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At MNPS Smith Springs Elementary, Emily Moses serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2018 pay totaled $229.