Metro Nashville / Police Patrol West Sector Key
Agency file
The Police Patrol West Sector Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 123 employees with median total compensation of $50,701; the highest distinct record was $240,336.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 123 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($50,701) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
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.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $125,058 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $15,406. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
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
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $6.7M — | 111 — | $61,617 — |
| 2016 | $7.2M ▲ 8.7% | 113 ▲ 1.8% | $62,621 ▲ 1.6% |
| 2017 | $7.5M ▲ 3.6% | 112 ▼ 0.9% | $66,856 ▲ 6.8% |
| 2018 | $8M ▲ 6.7% | 113 ▲ 0.9% | $70,645 ▲ 5.7% |
| 2019 | $7.3M ▼ 9.0% | 107 ▼ 5.3% | $68,635 ▼ 2.8% |
| 2020 | $8.3M ▲ 14.6% | 136 ▲ 27.1% | $59,664 ▼ 13.1% |
| 2021 | $8.4M ▲ 0.8% | 136 ±0% | $68,247 ▲ 14.4% |
| 2022 | $7.6M ▼ 10.0% | 137 ▲ 0.7% | $47,647 ▼ 30.2% |
| 2023 | $6.3M ▼ 17.3% | 125 ▼ 8.8% | $40,125 ▼ 15.8% |
| 2024 | $211.3K ▼ 96.6% | 1 ▼ 99.2% | $211,266 ▲ 426.5% |
| 2025 | $7.9M ▲ 3627.8% | 123 ▲ 12200.0% | $50,701 ▼ 76.0% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Police Officer 2/Police Patrol West Sector Key
Source-specific fields
Douglas Atwood is a Police Officer 2 at Police Patrol West Sector Key. 2025 total compensation came to $138,752.