Metro Nashville / Pdf Administration
Agency file
The Pdf Administration provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.
In 2025, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $86,127; the highest distinct record was $202,130.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 11 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($86,127) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $141,890 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $4,928. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $392.1K — | 5 — | $73,079 — |
| 2016 | $488.9K ▲ 24.7% | 6 ▲ 20.0% | $65,738 ▼ 10.0% |
| 2017 | $644.7K ▲ 31.9% | 8 ▲ 33.3% | $72,017 ▲ 9.6% |
| 2018 | $607.6K ▼ 5.8% | 8 ±0% | $72,497 ▲ 0.7% |
| 2019 | $750.3K ▲ 23.5% | 10 ▲ 25.0% | $71,125 ▼ 1.9% |
| 2020 | $599.6K ▼ 20.1% | 8 ▼ 20.0% | $79,079 ▲ 11.2% |
| 2021 | $624.9K ▲ 4.2% | 7 ▼ 12.5% | $95,039 ▲ 20.2% |
| 2022 | $747.8K ▲ 19.7% | 10 ▲ 42.9% | $68,832 ▼ 27.6% |
| 2023 | $285.4K ▼ 61.8% | 11 ▲ 10.0% | $2,400 ▼ 96.5% |
| 2024 | $202.1K ▼ 29.2% | 1 ▼ 90.9% | $202,130 ▲ 8321.7% |
| 2025 | $914K ▲ 352.2% | 11 ▲ 1000.0% | $86,127 ▼ 57.4% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Public Defender/Pdf Administration
Source-specific fields
Martesha Johnson holds the role of Public Defender at Pdf Administration. In 2025, their total compensation was $202,130.