Metro Nashville / Pdf Appellate Court Team
Agency file
The Pdf Appellate Court Team operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 3 employees with median total compensation of $98,051; the highest distinct record was $112,794.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 3 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($98,051) — 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 $112,794 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,550. 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 | $92.9K — | 2 — | $46,442 — |
| 2016 | $217.1K ▲ 133.7% | 3 ▲ 50.0% | $52,603 ▲ 13.3% |
| 2017 | $240.2K ▲ 10.7% | 3 ±0% | $57,027 ▲ 8.4% |
| 2018 | $240.7K ▲ 0.2% | 3 ±0% | $56,736 ▼ 0.5% |
| 2019 | $245.3K ▲ 1.9% | 3 ±0% | $56,736 ±0% |
| 2020 | $254.7K ▲ 3.8% | 3 ±0% | $58,972 ▲ 3.9% |
| 2021 | $255.4K ▲ 0.3% | 3 ±0% | $58,896 ▼ 0.1% |
| 2022 | $229.8K ▼ 10.0% | 3 ±0% | $63,131 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2023 | $179.9K ▼ 21.7% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $43,747 ▼ 30.7% |
| 2024 | $118.9K ▼ 33.9% | 1 ▼ 75.0% | $118,866 ▲ 171.7% |
| 2025 | $222.4K ▲ 87.1% | 3 ▲ 200.0% | $98,051 ▼ 17.5% |
Record list
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Assistant Public Defender 3/Pdf Appellate Court Team
Source-specific fields
At Pdf Appellate Court Team, Emma Tennent serves as a Assistant Public Defender 3. Their 2023 pay totaled $31,618.