Metro Nashville / Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary / Teacher - Kindergarten
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
8 employees hold this title in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $64,994, above the department median of $39,333.
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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 860 people — is $60,680. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary pays a median base salary of $59,503 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 47th 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove 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. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 42nd 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 11 of 12 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 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary is $64,994, 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 74 Metro Nashville departments. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, the median of $64,994 ranks #6 of 74.
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 Kindergarten 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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Record list
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Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Mary Moore serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2022 pay totaled $81,477.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Claudia Smith serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2018 pay totaled $75,421.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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Jennifer Gillespie holds the role of Teacher - Kindergarten at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary. In 2025, their total compensation was $73,630.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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Kathryn Roberts is a Teacher - Kindergarten at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary. 2019 total compensation came to $68,960.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Cristen Wasmer serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,028.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Sara Culberson serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2020 pay totaled $47,488.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Kenda Gatewood serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2020 pay totaled $46,334.
Teacher - Kindergarten/Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary
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At Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tulip Grove Elementary, Amanda Garcia serves as a Teacher - Kindergarten. Their 2015 pay totaled $42,057.