Metro Nashville / MNPS Tom Joy Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
10 employees hold this title in MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $59,960, above the department median of $35,483.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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. MNPS Tom Joy Elementary pays a median base salary of $56,311 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 20th 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 MNPS Tom Joy 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. MNPS Tom Joy Elementary’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 19th 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 MNPS Tom Joy Elementary is $61,371, 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 136 Metro Nashville departments. In MNPS Tom Joy Elementary, the median of $59,960 ranks #28 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.
Record list
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Teacher - Ex Education/MNPS Tom Joy Elementary
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At MNPS Tom Joy Elementary, Vernon Porter serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2018 pay totaled $74,291.
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Kendra Campbell works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. Kendra earned $69,480 in 2023.
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Lynne Sweatt works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. Lynne earned $68,917 in 2023.
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At MNPS Tom Joy Elementary, Christy Patterson serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $67,260.
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At MNPS Tom Joy Elementary, Jennifer Brown serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2017 pay totaled $64,020.
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Beth Coppersmith holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. In 2016, their total compensation was $55,901.
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Nickeysha Simmons works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. Nickeysha earned $52,141 in 2018.
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Katie Brown works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. Katie earned $49,593 in 2021.
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Jennifer Moss is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Tom Joy Elementary. 2019 total compensation came to $44,990.
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At MNPS Tom Joy Elementary, Amy Brumfield serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2019 pay totaled $32,986.