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Metro Nashville / Pla Design Studio

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Pla Design Studio

Source file: Metro Nashville — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Pla Design Studio is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 11 employees with median total compensation of $86,454; the highest distinct record was $157,536.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$945.8K
Employees
11
Median total
$86,454
Highest record
$157,536

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

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 ($86,454) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$85,905 (100%)
  • Overtime$0 (0%)
  • Other$78 (0%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$32,315
$78,538
$86,454
$103,398
$112,033

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $112,033 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $32,315. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

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

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 5 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2021
$325.9K
7
$54,277
2022
$462.5K
41.9%
11
57.1%
$46,823
13.7%
2023
$519.6K
12.4%
9
18.2%
$71,643
53.0%
2024
$101.2K
80.5%
1
88.9%
$101,234
41.3%
2025
$945.8K
834.3%
11
1000.0%
$86,454
14.6%

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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

Employees

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Seth Harrison

Planner 2/Pla Design Studio

2025 total comp
$88,183
Base pay
$88,183
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$88,183

Source-specific fields

Record ID
283,595
Total Pay
$88,183

Seth Harrison is a Planner 2 at Pla Design Studio. 2025 total compensation came to $88,183.

Joni Williams

Planning Manager 1/Pla Design Studio

2022 total comp
$88,008
Base pay
$88,008
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$88,008

Source-specific fields

Record ID
202,669
Total Pay
$88,008

At Pla Design Studio, Joni Williams serves as a Planning Manager 1. Their 2022 pay totaled $88,008.

Eric Hammer

Planner 3/Pla Design Studio

2023 total comp
$87,999
Base pay
$87,999
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$87,999

Source-specific fields

Record ID
211,374
Total Pay
$87,999

At Pla Design Studio, Eric Hammer serves as a Planner 3. Their 2023 pay totaled $87,999.

Jared Islas

Planner 2/Pla Design Studio

2025 total comp
$86,454
Base pay
$86,454
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$86,454

Source-specific fields

Record ID
286,068
Total Pay
$86,454

Jared Islas holds the role of Planner 2 at Pla Design Studio. In 2025, their total compensation was $86,454.