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Metro Nashville / Police Animal Operations Section

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Police Animal Operations Section

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

The Police Animal Operations Section is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 34 employees with median total compensation of $102,478; the highest distinct record was $279,102.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$3.8M
Employees
34
Median total
$102,478
Highest record
$279,102

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 34 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($102,478) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$98,262 (88%)
  • Overtime$8,943 (8%)
  • Other$4,160 (4%)
  • 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
$48,063
$86,960
$102,478
$131,327
$172,183

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $172,183 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $48,063. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Police Officer 2
26 · $101,004
Police Sergeant
6 · $139,034
Police Lieutenant
1 · $279,102

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 3 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2023
$503.5K
9
$42,966
2024
$274.3K
45.5%
1
88.9%
$274,296
538.4%
2025
$3.8M
1280.4%
34
3300.0%
$102,478
62.6%

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Record list

Employees

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Brian Manning

Police Officer 2/Police Animal Operations Section

2025 total comp
$123,329
Base pay
$110,963
Overtime
$9,765
Other pay
$2,602
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$123,329

Source-specific fields

Record ID
291,480
Total Pay
$123,329

At Police Animal Operations Section, Brian Manning serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $123,329.

Ryan Coll

Police Officer 2/Police Animal Operations Section

2025 total comp
$118,584
Base pay
$102,900
Overtime
$11,699
Other pay
$3,985
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$118,584

Source-specific fields

Record ID
278,733
Total Pay
$118,584

Ryan Coll works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Animal Operations Section. Ryan earned $118,584 in 2025.

Russell Jones

Police Officer 2/Police Animal Operations Section

2025 total comp
$118,325
Base pay
$99,480
Overtime
$10,229
Other pay
$8,616
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$118,325

Source-specific fields

Record ID
288,063
Total Pay
$118,325

Russell Jones is a Police Officer 2 at Police Animal Operations Section. 2025 total compensation came to $118,325.