Compared with the local labor market
Teacher - Ex Education pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area
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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill pays a median base salary of $84,007 for this role, 33% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill sits in the local pay range
$46,340
$61,030
$63,300
$81,740
$81,740
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill median · $84,007
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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill’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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 58th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$48,440
$60,930
$76,580
$99,690
$120,080
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill median · $84,007
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Academy-Old Cockrill is $85,007, 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.