Metro Nashville / MNPS Thomas a Edison Elementary / Teacher Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
16 employees hold this title in MNPS Thomas a Edison Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $49,918, above the department median of $37,917.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 16 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 Thomas a Edison Elementary pays a median base salary of $54,883 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 36th 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 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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 108,870 people — is $62,680. MNPS Thomas a Edison Elementary’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 31st 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 16 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Thomas a Edison Elementary is $49,918, 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 88 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Thomas a Edison Elementary, the median of $49,918 ranks #48 of 88.
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 Kindergartenroles 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 Thomas a Edison Elementary
Source-specific fields
Andrea Forgony works as a Teacher Kindergarten for MNPS Thomas a Edison Elementary. Andrea earned $61,554 in 2025.