Metro Nashville / Police Patrol Central Sector Key / Police Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
20 employees hold this title in Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Median total compensation for the role is $63,193, below the department median of $64,911.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 20 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 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 1,050 people — is $94,420. Police Patrol Central Sector Key pays a median base salary of $63,580 for this role, 33% below that figure — about the 18th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 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 Patrol Central Sector Key’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. Police Patrol Central Sector Key’s median base salary is 40% below that national figure, about 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 17 of 20 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 Patrol Central Sector Key is $63,193, 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 Lieutenant is held in 52 Metro Nashville departments. In Police Patrol Central Sector Key, the median of $63,193 ranks #38 of 52.
Median total compensation for the Police Lieutenant 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 22 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $78,338 ranks #20 of 22. See Police Lieutenant across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Lieutenantroles 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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William Wright works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. William earned $179,862 in 2025.
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Bobby Watkins is a Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. 2025 total compensation came to $155,577.
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James Cardwell Jr works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. James earned $126,633 in 2018.
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At Police Patrol Central Sector Key, Ryan Hartley serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2025 pay totaled $113,761.
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Brent Gibson is a Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. 2021 total compensation came to $102,237.
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Robert Russell holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. In 2021, their total compensation was $98,074.
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Harold Burke Iii works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Harold earned $91,289 in 2019.
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Michael Waltz holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. In 2020, their total compensation was $90,661.
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At Police Patrol Central Sector Key, Raymond Jones serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2023 pay totaled $66,847.
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At Police Patrol Central Sector Key, Garet Davidson serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2021 pay totaled $64,014.
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Benjamin Rodgers holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $62,372.
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Harold Burke holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. In 2020, their total compensation was $61,410.
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At Police Patrol Central Sector Key, Brian Anderson serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2022 pay totaled $57,956.
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Victoria Cunningham works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Victoria earned $45,064 in 2025.
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Misty Hobbs holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $40,595.
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Kristopher Mason is a Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. 2025 total compensation came to $40,116.
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Jason Picanzo works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Jason earned $31,814 in 2022.
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Richard Huddleston is a Police Lieutenant at Police Patrol Central Sector Key. 2022 total compensation came to $24,202.
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Kevin Lovell works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Kevin earned $12,263 in 2021.
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Matthew Sears works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Patrol Central Sector Key. Matthew earned $5,033 in 2022.