Metro Nashville / Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle / Social Worker I (Lssw)
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employee holds this title in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle. Median total compensation for the role is $28,937, below the department median of $51,080.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 620 people — is $58,780. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle pays a median base salary of $28,837 for this role, 51% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, 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 Thurgood Marshall Middle’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Social Workers, All Other — about 62,930 people — is $71,900. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle’s median base salary is 60% 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle is $28,937, 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
Social Worker I (Lssw) is held in 13 Metro Nashville departments. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle, the median of $28,937 ranks #9 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Social Worker I (Lssw) 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 23 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $41,066 ranks #20 of 23. See Social Worker across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Social Worker 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.
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Social Worker I (Lssw)/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Thurgood Marshall Middle, Dena Demetros serves as a Social Worker I (Lssw). Their 2020 pay totaled $28,937.