Metro Nashville / Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course / Custodian
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
2 employees hold this title in Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course. Median total compensation for the role is $36,916, below the department median of $45,504.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 9,940 people — is $36,130. Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course pays a median base salary of $36,553 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 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 Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 48th 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 Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course is $36,916, 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
Custodian is held in 12 Metro Nashville departments. In Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course, the median of $36,916 ranks #4 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Custodian 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 18 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $35,398 ranks #13 of 18. See Custodian across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Custodian 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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Custodian/Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course
Source-specific fields
At Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course, Trevor Thrower serves as a Custodian. Their 2025 pay totaled $47,682.
Custodian/Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course
Source-specific fields
Robert Neeley works as a Custodian for Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation, McCabe Golf Course. Robert earned $26,151 in 2016.