Metro Nashville / Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
8 employees hold this title in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $44,608, above the department median of $41,336.
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, Waverly-Belmont Elementary pays a median base salary of $52,400 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 16th 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, Waverly-Belmont 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, Waverly-Belmont Elementary’s median base salary is 32% below that national figure, about the 15th 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 13 of 14 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, Waverly-Belmont Elementary is $49,954, 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 Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary, the median of $44,608 ranks #100 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.
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Record list
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Teacher - Ex Education/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary
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Tamara Mclean is a Teacher - Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. 2022 total compensation came to $78,348.
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Bridgette Mccormick works as a Teacher - Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. Bridgette earned $73,445 in 2022.
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Taylor Irvin works as a Teacher - Ex Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. Taylor earned $53,974 in 2022.
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Anisa Allad holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $45,935.
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Elizabeth Teeling is a Teacher - Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. 2016 total compensation came to $43,280.
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At Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary, Karli Armbrust serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2017 pay totaled $42,425.
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Aaron Addis is a Teacher - Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. 2018 total compensation came to $41,562.
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Gillian Cattey is a Teacher - Ex Education at Metro Nashville Public Schools, Waverly-Belmont Elementary. 2020 total compensation came to $32,379.