Metro Nashville / Pla Land Development
Agency file
The Pla Land Development is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 33 employees with median total compensation of $79,294; the highest distinct record was $174,143.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 33 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($79,294) — 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 $111,239 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $23,718. 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 | $264.7K — | 8 — | $32,001 — |
| 2016 | $426.1K ▲ 61.0% | 10 ▲ 25.0% | $43,886 ▲ 37.1% |
| 2017 | $721.3K ▲ 69.3% | 16 ▲ 60.0% | $44,984 ▲ 2.5% |
| 2018 | $702.5K ▼ 2.6% | 13 ▼ 18.8% | $59,086 ▲ 31.3% |
| 2019 | $809.6K ▲ 15.3% | 16 ▲ 23.1% | $53,014 ▼ 10.3% |
| 2020 | $987.3K ▲ 21.9% | 15 ▼ 6.3% | $67,088 ▲ 26.5% |
| 2021 | $914K ▼ 7.4% | 20 ▲ 33.3% | $45,732 ▼ 31.8% |
| 2022 | $1.3M ▲ 37.7% | 23 ▲ 15.0% | $61,967 ▲ 35.5% |
| 2023 | $1.4M ▲ 12.6% | 28 ▲ 21.7% | $53,158 ▼ 14.2% |
| 2024 | $142K ▼ 90.0% | 1 ▼ 96.4% | $141,979 ▲ 167.1% |
| 2025 | $2.5M ▲ 1681.9% | 33 ▲ 3200.0% | $79,294 ▼ 44.2% |
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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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Planning Manager 1/Pla Land Development
Source-specific fields
Shawn Shepard is a Planning Manager 1 at Pla Land Development. 2021 total compensation came to $10,215.