Metro Nashville / Police East Sector Key
Agency file
The Police East Sector Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 125 employees with median total compensation of $42,454; the highest distinct record was $187,305.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 125 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($42,454) — 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 $119,974 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $13,497. 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 | $6.8M — | 118 — | $59,384 — |
| 2016 | $7.4M ▲ 8.4% | 120 ▲ 1.7% | $62,367 ▲ 5.0% |
| 2017 | $7.8M ▲ 5.2% | 127 ▲ 5.8% | $62,261 ▼ 0.2% |
| 2018 | $7.7M ▼ 1.4% | 114 ▼ 10.2% | $67,332 ▲ 8.1% |
| 2019 | $7.4M ▼ 3.9% | 113 ▼ 0.9% | $64,356 ▼ 4.4% |
| 2020 | $8.1M ▲ 9.9% | 153 ▲ 35.4% | $47,850 ▼ 25.6% |
| 2021 | $8.8M ▲ 8.8% | 159 ▲ 3.9% | $51,839 ▲ 8.3% |
| 2022 | $8M ▼ 9.9% | 150 ▼ 5.7% | $47,161 ▼ 9.0% |
| 2023 | $6.6M ▼ 17.0% | 119 ▼ 20.7% | $51,050 ▲ 8.2% |
| 2024 | $174.1K ▼ 97.4% | 1 ▼ 99.2% | $174,097 ▲ 241.0% |
| 2025 | $7.5M ▲ 4209.0% | 125 ▲ 12400.0% | $42,454 ▼ 75.6% |
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Record list
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Police Sergeant/Police East Sector Key
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Keiara Ward-Whitely holds the role of Police Sergeant at Police East Sector Key. In 2025, their total compensation was $134,251.