Metro Nashville / Police Patrol South Sector Key / Police Officer 2
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
419 employees hold this title in Police Patrol South Sector Key. Median total compensation for the role is $43,466, below the department median of $58,699.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 419 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 Patrol South Sector Key pays a median base salary of $46,527 for this role, 32% 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 Patrol South 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 Patrol South Sector Key’s median base salary is 39% 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 301 of 419 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 South Sector Key is $43,466, 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 Patrol South Sector Key, the median of $43,466 ranks #45 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 Patrol South Sector Key
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Larry Preuett Iii works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Patrol South Sector Key. Larry earned $72,376 in 2019.
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Vixay Sengkhounmany works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Patrol South Sector Key. Vixay earned $71,542 in 2022.
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Darrin Hardin is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. 2023 total compensation came to $71,360.
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Brandon Simpkins is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. 2023 total compensation came to $70,916.
Police Officer 2/Police Patrol South Sector Key
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At Police Patrol South Sector Key, Brandon Dozier serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2017 pay totaled $70,745.
Police Officer 2/Police Patrol South Sector Key
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Michael Overberg works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Patrol South Sector Key. Michael earned $70,348 in 2023.
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Edward Starke is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. 2025 total compensation came to $70,334.
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Daniel Garrett works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Patrol South Sector Key. Daniel earned $69,703 in 2017.
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Jarred Ruhlman holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. In 2018, their total compensation was $68,379.
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James Jarvis is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. 2018 total compensation came to $68,289.
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Frederick Heiman holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $68,193.
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Charles Ward Jr works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Patrol South Sector Key. Charles earned $67,768 in 2019.
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Christopher Soto is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. 2025 total compensation came to $67,702.
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Charles Coe Ii holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol South Sector Key. In 2019, their total compensation was $67,337.