Metro Nashville / Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
2 employees hold this title in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School. Median total compensation for the role is $72,646, above the department median of $54,869.
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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School pays a median base salary of $68,559 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 57th 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School’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 Big Picture School’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 37th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School is $72,646, 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.
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Teacher - Ex Education is held in 136 Metro Nashville departments. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School, the median of $72,646 ranks #6 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.
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Vanna Anderson works as a Teacher - Ex Education for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School. Vanna earned $74,079 in 2022.
Teacher - Ex Education/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School
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Vickie Everson is a Teacher - Ex Education at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools the Big Picture School. 2019 total compensation came to $71,213.