Metro Nashville / Police Aviation Section
Agency file
The Police Aviation Section plans, builds, and maintains transportation infrastructure — roads, bridges, transit, and motor-vehicle services.
In 2025, this agency had 26 employees with median total compensation of $81,572; the highest distinct record was $171,865.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 26 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($81,572) — 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 $108,562 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $4,084. 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 3 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $2.4M — | 43 — | $66,252 — |
| 2024 | $174.1K ▼ 92.8% | 1 ▼ 97.7% | $174,103 ▲ 162.8% |
| 2025 | $1.9M ▲ 994.6% | 26 ▲ 2500.0% | $81,572 ▼ 53.1% |
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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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Police Officer 2/Police Aviation Section
Source-specific fields
Graham Binkley is a Police Officer 2 at Police Aviation Section. 2025 total compensation came to $51,475.