Metro Nashville / Police Criminal Investigation Division
Agency file
The Police Criminal Investigation Division provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.
In 2025, this agency had 134 employees with median total compensation of $81,602; the highest distinct record was $244,883.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 134 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($81,602) — 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 $141,918 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $20,830. 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 | $4.2M — | 64 — | $65,383 — |
| 2016 | $4.4M ▲ 4.3% | 65 ▲ 1.6% | $68,739 ▲ 5.1% |
| 2017 | $3.6M ▼ 17.6% | 56 ▼ 13.8% | $68,547 ▼ 0.3% |
| 2018 | $3.4M ▼ 6.3% | 46 ▼ 17.9% | $73,332 ▲ 7.0% |
| 2019 | $3.3M ▼ 4.0% | 50 ▲ 8.7% | $68,052 ▼ 7.2% |
| 2020 | $3.8M ▲ 16.2% | 53 ▲ 6.0% | $73,784 ▲ 8.4% |
| 2021 | $5.9M ▲ 54.9% | 89 ▲ 67.9% | $61,887 ▼ 16.1% |
| 2022 | $6.3M ▲ 6.4% | 80 ▼ 10.1% | $77,292 ▲ 24.9% |
| 2023 | $4.1M ▼ 34.0% | 79 ▼ 1.3% | $50,478 ▼ 34.7% |
| 2024 | $216K ▼ 94.8% | 1 ▼ 98.7% | $216,050 ▲ 328.0% |
| 2025 | $11.5M ▲ 5200.8% | 134 ▲ 13300.0% | $81,602 ▼ 62.2% |
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Record list
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Police Sergeant/Police Criminal Investigation Division
Source-specific fields
At Police Criminal Investigation Division, Robert Nielsen serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2025 pay totaled $184,107.