Metro Nashville / MNPS Smith Springs Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
11 employees hold this title in MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $45,160, below the department median of $47,776.
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 Smith Springs Elementary pays a median base salary of $46,865 for this role, 23% 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 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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 108,870 people — is $62,680. MNPS Smith Springs Elementary’s median base salary is 25% 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.
Computed over the 15 of 20 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 $47,121, 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 Smith Springs Elementary, the median of $45,160 ranks #45 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 Smith Springs Elementary
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Jillian Frantz works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Jillian earned $52,812 in 2016.
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At MNPS Smith Springs Elementary, Brittany Greene serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2021 pay totaled $50,241.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Smith Springs Elementary
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Katharine Rarick is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. 2020 total compensation came to $48,918.
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Allie Engle works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Allie earned $47,050 in 2018.
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Allison Gerbsch holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $45,680.
Teacher - Kindergarten/MNPS Smith Springs Elementary
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Haley England is a Teacher - Kindergarten at MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $45,160.
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Linley White works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Linley earned $28,529 in 2018.
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Katherine Mullins works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Katherine earned $25,292 in 2018.
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Meghan Foster works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Meghan earned $23,557 in 2020.
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Kimberly Follis works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Kimberly earned $23,028 in 2020.
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Leighann Gordon works as a Teacher - Kindergarten for MNPS Smith Springs Elementary. Leighann earned $85 in 2021.