Metro Nashville / Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll / Sanitation Worker
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
9 employees hold this title in Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. Median total compensation for the role is $33,870, below the department median of $44,995.
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 Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 520 people — is $57,650. Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll pays a median base salary of $42,167 for this role, 27% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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 Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors — about 147,240 people — is $49,690. Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll’s median base salary is 15% below that national figure, about the 32nd 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 6 of 9 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 Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll is $33,870, 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
Sanitation Worker is held in 18 Metro Nashville departments. In Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll, the median of $33,870 ranks #3 of 18.
Median total compensation for the Sanitation Worker 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 4 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $9,700 ranks #3 of 4. See Sanitation Worker across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Sanitation 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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Record list
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Clarence Hull works as a Sanitation Worker for Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. Clarence earned $61,316 in 2025.
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William Curtis works as a Sanitation Worker for Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. William earned $49,396 in 2025.
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At Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll, Corey Murphy serves as a Sanitation Worker. Their 2025 pay totaled $47,078.
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Nathan Bryant is a Sanitation Worker at Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. 2025 total compensation came to $42,913.
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At Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll, Antonio Ward serves as a Sanitation Worker. Their 2025 pay totaled $33,870.
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Ethan Macphee works as a Sanitation Worker for Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. Ethan earned $27,728 in 2025.
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Darren Holland works as a Sanitation Worker for Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. Darren earned $5,549 in 2025.
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Derrick Davis holds the role of Sanitation Worker at Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. In 2025, their total compensation was $1,027.
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Kevin Wells holds the role of Sanitation Worker at Nashville Waste Services Downtown Business Coll. In 2025, their total compensation was $720.