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Metro Nashville / Pdf Juvenile Court Team / Assistant Public Defender 4

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Assistant Public Defender 4

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

3 employees hold this title in Pdf Juvenile Court Team. Median total compensation for the role is $108,109, above the department median of $91,741.

Employees
3
Total payroll
$334.8K
Role median
$108,109
Agency median
$91,741
Comparison
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Compared with the local labor market

Assistant Public Defender 4 pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area

Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Lawyers — about 3,990 people — is $142,540. Pdf Juvenile Court Team pays a median base salary of $88,867 for this role, 38% below that figureabout the 15th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Pdf Juvenile Court Team sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$81,890
$102,230
$142,540
$208,300
$346,830
Pdf Juvenile Court Team median · $88,867

The bar is the range of annual wages for Lawyers 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 Pdf Juvenile Court Team’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Lawyers — about 754,500 people — is $159,670. Pdf Juvenile Court Team’s median base salary is 44% below that national figure, about the 16th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$78,360
$102,990
$159,670
$221,370
$351,600
Pdf Juvenile Court Team median · $88,867

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.

Computed over the 11 of 14 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Pdf Juvenile Court Team is $82,867, 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.

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This role across Metro Nashville

Assistant Public Defender 4 is held in 6 Metro Nashville departments. In Pdf Juvenile Court Team, the median of $108,109 ranks #4 of 6.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Assistant Public Defender 4 role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Assistant Public Defender beyond Metro Nashville

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $54,640 ranks #4 of 6. See Assistant Public Defender across all of Metro Nashville

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$513,588 · 8
Tennessee
$133,236 · 288
Missouri
$63,121 · 579
Rhode Island
$37,440 · 35
Cook County, Illinois
$26,404 · 508

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Public Defenderroles 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

Employees with this title

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Robert Robinson

Assistant Public Defender 4/Pdf Juvenile Court Team

2025 total comp
$184,309
Base pay
$183,374
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$935
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$184,309

Source-specific fields

Record ID
297,436
Total Pay
$184,309

Robert Robinson works as a Assistant Public Defender 4 for Pdf Juvenile Court Team. Robert earned $184,309 in 2025.

Diane Mcnamara

Assistant Public Defender 4/Pdf Juvenile Court Team

2022 total comp
$108,109
Base pay
$88,867
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$19,243
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$108,109

Source-specific fields

Record ID
202,647
Total Pay
$108,109

Diane Mcnamara works as a Assistant Public Defender 4 for Pdf Juvenile Court Team. Diane earned $108,109 in 2022.

Beth Cruz

Assistant Public Defender 4/Pdf Juvenile Court Team

2023 total comp
$42,430
Base pay
$42,352
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$78
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$42,430

Source-specific fields

Record ID
212,701
Total Pay
$42,430

Beth Cruz works as a Assistant Public Defender 4 for Pdf Juvenile Court Team. Beth earned $42,430 in 2023.