Metro Nashville / Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course / Automotive Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employees hold this title in Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course. Median total compensation for the role is $38,480, below the department median of $42,871.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 5,150 people — is $58,700. Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course pays a median base salary of $29,659 for this role, 49% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 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 Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 704,640 people — is $50,620. Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course’s median base salary is 41% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course is $38,480, 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
Automotive Mechanic is held in 4 Metro Nashville departments. In Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course, the median of $38,480 ranks #3 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Automotive Mechanic 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 10 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $38,238 ranks #10 of 10. See Automotive Mechanic across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Automotive Mechanicroles 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.
Record list
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Automotive Mechanic/Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course
Source-specific fields
David Kimery works as a Automotive Mechanic for Par Harpeth Hills Golf Course. David earned $38,480 in 2017.