Metro Nashville / Police Criminal Investigation Division / Police Officer 2
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
171 employees hold this title in Police Criminal Investigation Division. Median total compensation for the role is $67,021, below the department median of $81,602.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 171 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 4,730 people — is $68,780. Police Criminal Investigation Division pays a median base salary of $63,443 for this role, 8% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 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 Criminal Investigation Division’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Police Criminal Investigation Division’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 31st 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.
Computed over the 135 of 171 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Criminal Investigation Division is $67,021, 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 Officer 2 is held in 56 Metro Nashville departments. In Police Criminal Investigation Division, the median of $67,021 ranks #28 of 56.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer 2 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 31 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $44,945 ranks #30 of 31. See Police Officer across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officerroles 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.
Record list
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Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Bobby Samuels Jr. holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. In 2023, their total compensation was $24,483.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Charles Wingo is a Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. 2022 total compensation came to $22,579.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Michael Gray holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. In 2025, their total compensation was $21,535.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Brandon Wood is a Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. 2025 total compensation came to $20,830.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Joshua Belk holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. In 2025, their total compensation was $18,092.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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At Police Criminal Investigation Division, Jeffrey Wiser serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2017 pay totaled $17,960.
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Payroll for Abbey Sawl (Police Officer 2, Police Criminal Investigation Division) may cover more than one person; together they account for $17,309 in 2022.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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James Arendall is a Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. 2017 total compensation came to $16,669.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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At Police Criminal Investigation Division, Anita Prather serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2019 pay totaled $16,513.
Police Officer 2/Police Criminal Investigation Division
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Christopher Dickerson is a Police Officer 2 at Police Criminal Investigation Division. 2023 total compensation came to $16,406.