Metro Nashville / Police Patrol West Sector Key / Police Sergeant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
87 employees hold this title in Police Patrol West Sector Key. Median total compensation for the role is $59,903, above the department median of $50,701.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 87 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 West Sector Key pays a median base salary of $60,411 for this role, 36% below that figure — about the 14th 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 West 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 West Sector Key’s median base salary is 43% 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 69 of 87 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 West Sector Key is $59,903, 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 Sergeant is held in 55 Metro Nashville departments. In Police Patrol West Sector Key, the median of $59,903 ranks #39 of 55.
Median total compensation for the Police Sergeant 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 21 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $71,811 ranks #18 of 21. See Police Sergeant across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Sergeantroles 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 Sergeant/Police Patrol West Sector Key
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Victor Alexander serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2025 pay totaled $43,923.
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Justin Coker works as a Police Sergeant for Police Patrol West Sector Key. Justin earned $43,579 in 2020.
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Sandra Fly serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2025 pay totaled $43,210.
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William Miller holds the role of Police Sergeant at Police Patrol West Sector Key. In 2019, their total compensation was $41,107.
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Jason Door serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2020 pay totaled $40,240.
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Clinton Schroeder serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2023 pay totaled $39,569.
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Matthew Stevenson is a Police Sergeant at Police Patrol West Sector Key. 2023 total compensation came to $38,979.
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Corey Ethridge serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2023 pay totaled $38,524.
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At Police Patrol West Sector Key, Michael Gray serves as a Police Sergeant. Their 2025 pay totaled $38,327.
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Shelby Hughes is a Police Sergeant at Police Patrol West Sector Key. 2022 total compensation came to $37,855.