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Metro Nashville / Police Opa Key

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Police Opa Key

Source file: Metro Nashville — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 19, 2026

The Police Opa Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 31 employees with median total compensation of $63,840; the highest distinct record was $233,808.

Year
2025
Total payroll
$2.5M
Employees
31
Median total
$63,840
Highest record
$233,808

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 31 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($63,840) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

  • Base$75,027 (92%)
  • Overtime$3,404 (4%)
  • Other$2,903 (4%)
  • Benefits$0 (0%)

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.

Pay percentiles

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$31,363
$44,597
$63,840
$107,277
$135,788

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $135,788 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $31,363. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

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

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.

YearTotal payrollEmployeesMedian pay
2015
$907.8K
13
$68,096
2016
$899.1K
1.0%
12
7.7%
$70,875
4.1%
2017
$1M
12.1%
13
8.3%
$73,322
3.5%
2018
$1.1M
11.2%
14
7.7%
$74,046
1.0%
2019
$1.2M
5.1%
15
7.1%
$75,954
2.6%
2020
$1.2M
1.3%
14
6.7%
$80,621
6.1%
2021
$1.2M
1.9%
14
±0%
$89,479
11.0%
2022
$1.4M
15.2%
19
35.7%
$73,710
17.6%
2023
$1.2M
15.6%
24
26.3%
$46,701
36.6%
2024
$195.4K
83.5%
1
95.8%
$195,379
318.4%
2025
$2.5M
1190.5%
31
3000.0%
$63,840
67.3%

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Record list

Employees

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Pamela Tarkington

Administrative Services Officer 4/Police Opa Key

2025 total comp
$94,124
Base pay
$90,929
Overtime
$865
Other pay
$2,331
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$94,124

Source-specific fields

Record ID
302,513
Total Pay
$94,124

Pamela Tarkington works as a Administrative Services Officer 4 for Police Opa Key. Pamela earned $94,124 in 2025.

Shelly Osterhoudt

Administrative Services Officer 4/Police Opa Key

2025 total comp
$91,962
Base pay
$90,929
Overtime
$99
Other pay
$935
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$91,962

Source-specific fields

Record ID
292,703
Total Pay
$91,962

At Police Opa Key, Shelly Osterhoudt serves as a Administrative Services Officer 4. Their 2025 pay totaled $91,962.

Lawrence Brown

Police Sergeant/Police Opa Key

2021 total comp
$90,394
Base pay
$81,626
Overtime
$224
Other pay
$8,544
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$90,394

Source-specific fields

Record ID
173,920
Total Pay
$90,394

Lawrence Brown works as a Police Sergeant for Police Opa Key. Lawrence earned $90,394 in 2021.

Jerry Hertenstein Jr

Police Sergeant/Police Opa Key

2016 total comp
$87,400
Base pay
$72,916
Overtime
$13,516
Other pay
$968
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$87,400

Source-specific fields

Record ID
45,808
Total Pay
$87,400

Jerry Hertenstein Jr works as a Police Sergeant for Police Opa Key. Jerry earned $87,400 in 2016.