Metro Nashville / Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage / 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 Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. Median total compensation for the role is $65,802, below the department median of $69,333.
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. Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage pays a median base salary of $68,071 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 24th 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 Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage’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. Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage’s median base salary is 36% below that national figure, about the 14th 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 $25,000 in 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 Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage is $65,802, 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 Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, the median of $65,802 ranks #35 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 Lieutenant roles 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.
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Police Lieutenant/Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage
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Jason Murrell holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2025, their total compensation was $152,396.
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John Patton holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2025, their total compensation was $137,705.
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William Sneed is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2022 total compensation came to $124,208.
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At Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, Charles Beasley Jr serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2019 pay totaled $98,872.
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Jerry Hertenstein Jr is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2017 total compensation came to $98,344.
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Robert Goodwin is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2025 total compensation came to $87,839.
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Matthew Pylkas holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2023, their total compensation was $83,438.
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John Farrell is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2021 total compensation came to $76,782.
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Virginia Carrigan holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2016, their total compensation was $71,631.
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At Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, Billy Morris serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2022 pay totaled $66,951.
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Charles Beasley holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2022, their total compensation was $64,652.
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Alan Earls is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2025 total compensation came to $64,621.
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Kristopher Mason holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2021, their total compensation was $63,133.
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Michael Warren is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2025 total compensation came to $49,047.
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At Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, Charles Carter Ii serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2019 pay totaled $31,764.
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Misty Hobbs holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2025, their total compensation was $29,622.
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Anthony Brooks holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. In 2022, their total compensation was $29,150.
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At Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, Richard Huddleston serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2022 pay totaled $26,768.
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Blake Giles is a Police Lieutenant at Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage. 2022 total compensation came to $13,440.
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At Metro Nashville Police Department, Patrol Hermitage, Christopher Upchurch serves as a Police Lieutenant. Their 2023 pay totaled $8,416.