Metro Nashville / Pdf Criminal Court Team
Agency file
The Pdf Criminal Court Team operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.
In 2025, this agency had 67 employees with median total compensation of $64,524; the highest distinct record was $183,074.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 67 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($64,524) — 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 $109,792 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $15,844. 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 | $2.5M — | 49 — | $49,308 — |
| 2016 | $2.6M ▲ 4.9% | 50 ▲ 2.0% | $51,571 ▲ 4.6% |
| 2017 | $3M ▲ 16.0% | 49 ▼ 2.0% | $66,950 ▲ 29.8% |
| 2018 | $3M ▲ 1.6% | 53 ▲ 8.2% | $62,964 ▼ 6.0% |
| 2019 | $2.7M ▼ 9.8% | 51 ▼ 3.8% | $59,743 ▼ 5.1% |
| 2020 | $2.8M ▲ 3.1% | 55 ▲ 7.8% | $49,212 ▼ 17.6% |
| 2021 | $3.1M ▲ 11.1% | 52 ▼ 5.5% | $63,080 ▲ 28.2% |
| 2022 | $3.3M ▲ 6.3% | 60 ▲ 15.4% | $56,778 ▼ 10.0% |
| 2023 | $2.8M ▼ 15.3% | 66 ▲ 10.0% | $47,470 ▼ 16.4% |
| 2024 | $153.3K ▼ 94.6% | 1 ▼ 98.5% | $153,320 ▲ 223.0% |
| 2025 | $4.5M ▲ 2830.8% | 67 ▲ 6600.0% | $64,524 ▼ 57.9% |
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Record list
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Assistant Public Defender 2/Pdf Criminal Court Team
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Matthew Schafer is a Assistant Public Defender 2 at Pdf Criminal Court Team. 2025 total compensation came to $98,057.
Assistant Public Defender 4/Pdf Criminal Court Team
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Georgia Sims holds the role of Assistant Public Defender 4 at Pdf Criminal Court Team. In 2017, their total compensation was $96,333.
Assistant Public Defender 4/Pdf Criminal Court Team
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Martesha Johnson holds the role of Assistant Public Defender 4 at Pdf Criminal Court Team. In 2018, their total compensation was $95,112.