Metro Nashville / Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary / Teacher Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
8 employees hold this title in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $59,997, above the department median of $37,917.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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. Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary pays a median base salary of $53,618 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 17th 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 Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison 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. Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary’s median base salary is 30% below that national figure, about the 16th 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 10 of 13 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 Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary is $53,429, 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 140 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary, the median of $59,997 ranks #54 of 140.
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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Record list
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Teacher Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary
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Venita Campbell is a Teacher Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. 2023 total compensation came to $71,655.
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Leslie Poe works as a Teacher Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. Leslie earned $70,356 in 2023.
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At Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary, Thomas Brewer serves as a Teacher Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $64,983.
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Cortney Debord holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $61,410.
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Thomas Brewer holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. In 2022, their total compensation was $58,583.
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Courtney Murphy holds the role of Teacher Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. In 2020, their total compensation was $27,692.
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Cortney Debord works as a Teacher Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary. Cortney earned $13,042 in 2023.
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At Metro Nashville Public Schools, Thomas A. Edison Elementary, Alexandra Garcia serves as a Teacher Ex Education. Their 2020 pay totaled $6,973.