Metro Nashville / MNPS Westmeade Elementary / Teacher - Ex Education
Job-title file
Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
9 employees hold this title in MNPS Westmeade Elementary. Median total compensation for the role is $46,953, above the department median of $36,821.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9 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 Westmeade Elementary pays a median base salary of $52,904 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 17th 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 Westmeade 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 Westmeade Elementary’s median base salary is 31% 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 11 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 MNPS Westmeade Elementary is $48,188, 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 Westmeade Elementary, the median of $46,953 ranks #76 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 Westmeade Elementary
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Carol Fitzpatrick works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Westmeade Elementary. Carol earned $71,413 in 2023.
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Gloria Parker works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Westmeade Elementary. Gloria earned $60,610 in 2019.
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Ashley Hutcherson works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Westmeade Elementary. Ashley earned $60,252 in 2020.
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Tavia Mcleod works as a Teacher - Ex Education for MNPS Westmeade Elementary. Tavia earned $60,046 in 2016.
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Laura Landine holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Westmeade Elementary. In 2019, their total compensation was $46,953.
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Blair Porter holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Westmeade Elementary. In 2017, their total compensation was $46,475.
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Sarah Kettle is a Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Westmeade Elementary. 2017 total compensation came to $6,487.
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At MNPS Westmeade Elementary, Lynnette Brinson serves as a Teacher - Ex Education. Their 2023 pay totaled $2,413.
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Nicholas Campbell holds the role of Teacher - Ex Education at MNPS Westmeade Elementary. In 2018, their total compensation was $1,009.