Metro Nashville / Police Animal Operations Section / Police Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1 employee holds this title in Police Animal Operations Section. Median total compensation for the role is $279,102, above the department median of $102,478.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 1,050 people — is $94,420. Police Animal Operations Section pays a median base salary of $227,834 for this role, 141% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 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 Police Animal Operations Section’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. Police Animal Operations Section’s median base salary is 115% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Animal Operations Section is $279,102, 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.
Compare departments
Police Lieutenant is held in 52 Metro Nashville departments. In Police Animal Operations Section, the median of $279,102 ranks #1 of 52.
Median total compensation for the Police Lieutenant role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 22 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $78,338 ranks #20 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Lieutenant roles 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.
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Police Lieutenant/Police Animal Operations Section
Source-specific fields
James Jones works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Animal Operations Section. James earned $279,102 in 2025.