Metro Nashville / Police East Sector Key / Police Officer 2
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
299 employees hold this title in Police East Sector Key. Median total compensation for the role is $42,883, above the department median of $42,454.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 299 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 East Sector Key pays a median base salary of $47,290 for this role, 31% below that figure — below the 10th 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 East Sector Key’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 East Sector Key’s median base salary is 38% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 205 of 299 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 East Sector Key is $42,883, 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 East Sector Key, the median of $42,883 ranks #46 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 East Sector Key
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At Police East Sector Key, Randy Heinze serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2018 pay totaled $69,425.
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David Boone works as a Police Officer 2 for Police East Sector Key. David earned $69,420 in 2016.
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At Police East Sector Key, Whitney Arnold serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2016 pay totaled $69,377.
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Tony Folad works as a Police Officer 2 for Police East Sector Key. Tony earned $69,039 in 2017.
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At Police East Sector Key, Robert Goodwin serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2017 pay totaled $68,588.
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Keiara Ward-Whitely is a Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. 2022 total compensation came to $68,401.
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At Police East Sector Key, Jonathan Jones serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2018 pay totaled $67,742.
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Joshua Lefler is a Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. 2018 total compensation came to $67,504.
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Harris Smith Iii works as a Police Officer 2 for Police East Sector Key. Harris earned $67,398 in 2019.
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Amanda Hane holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $66,815.
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Jeffrey Barfield works as a Police Officer 2 for Police East Sector Key. Jeffrey earned $66,295 in 2019.
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Robert Young is a Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. 2018 total compensation came to $66,282.
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Adam Weeks works as a Police Officer 2 for Police East Sector Key. Adam earned $65,982 in 2016.
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Jordan Donegan is a Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. 2017 total compensation came to $65,856.
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Joe Batey holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police East Sector Key. In 2015, their total compensation was $65,603.