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Metro Nashville / Police School Resource Key / Police Officer 2

Job-title file

Police Officer 2

Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.

161 employees hold this title in Police School Resource Key. Median total compensation for the role is $72,688, below the department median of $103,644.

Employees
161
Total payroll
$12.3M
Role median
$72,688
Agency median
$103,644
Comparison
Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$48$182,909+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 161 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

Police Officer 2 pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area

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 School Resource Key pays a median base salary of $66,734 for this role, 3% below that figureabout the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Police School Resource Key sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$49,440
$58,000
$68,780
$75,620
$93,820
Police School Resource Key median · $66,734

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 School Resource 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 School Resource Key’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 36th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,510
$59,290
$76,210
$97,600
$115,120
Police School Resource Key median · $66,734

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 134 of 161 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 School Resource Key is $72,688, 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

This role across Metro Nashville

Police Officer 2 is held in 56 Metro Nashville departments. In Police School Resource Key, the median of $72,688 ranks #19 of 56.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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

Police Officer beyond Metro Nashville

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

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of San Jose
$286,889 · 818
City of Los Angeles
$187,245 · 5,730
City of Boston
$185,462 · 1,335
City of Worcester
$128,256 · 371
City of Phoenix, Arizona
$116,326 · 2,460
Illinois
$114,200 · 7

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

Employees with this title

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Claude King

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$36,510
Base pay
$35,496
Overtime
$392
Other pay
$622
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$36,510

Source-specific fields

Record ID
288,742
Total Pay
$36,510

Claude King works as a Police Officer 2 for Police School Resource Key. Claude earned $36,510 in 2025.

James Gafford

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2015 total comp
$35,057
Base pay
$28,688
Overtime
$83
Other pay
$6,286
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$35,057

Source-specific fields

Record ID
21,502
Total Pay
$35,057

James Gafford is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2015 total compensation came to $35,057.

Gary Walsh

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2020 total comp
$34,677
Base pay
$23,738
Overtime
$786
Other pay
$10,153
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$34,677

Source-specific fields

Record ID
147,502
Total Pay
$34,677

Gary Walsh is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2020 total compensation came to $34,677.

Tevares Hockett

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2020 total comp
$34,525
Base pay
$28,955
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$5,570
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$34,525

Source-specific fields

Record ID
147,985
Total Pay
$34,525

Tevares Hockett is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2020 total compensation came to $34,525.

Latonya Thames-Dyer

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2020 total comp
$33,982
Base pay
$27,396
Overtime
$2,214
Other pay
$4,372
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$33,982

Source-specific fields

Record ID
148,024
Total Pay
$33,982

At Police School Resource Key, Latonya Thames-Dyer serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2020 pay totaled $33,982.

Charles Ward

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2022 total comp
$33,588
Base pay
$31,643
Overtime
$622
Other pay
$1,323
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$33,588

Source-specific fields

Record ID
204,737
Total Pay
$33,588

Charles Ward holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $33,588.

Jordan Jay

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$32,939
Base pay
$30,650
Overtime
$998
Other pay
$1,291
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$32,939

Source-specific fields

Record ID
286,528
Total Pay
$32,939

Jordan Jay holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. In 2025, their total compensation was $32,939.

Jeremy Marshall

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$31,073
Base pay
$25,565
Overtime
$584
Other pay
$4,925
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$31,073

Source-specific fields

Record ID
291,888
Total Pay
$31,073

Jeremy Marshall holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. In 2025, their total compensation was $31,073.

Mark Bennett

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2021 total comp
$30,894
Base pay
$30,894
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$30,894

Source-specific fields

Record ID
177,346
Total Pay
$30,894

Mark Bennett is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2021 total compensation came to $30,894.

Eric Bacon

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2020 total comp
$30,804
Base pay
$29,054
Overtime
$17
Other pay
$1,733
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$30,804

Source-specific fields

Record ID
147,958
Total Pay
$30,804

At Police School Resource Key, Eric Bacon serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2020 pay totaled $30,804.

Michieal Ramsey

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$30,692
Base pay
$13,094
Overtime
$543
Other pay
$17,054
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$30,692

Source-specific fields

Record ID
297,549
Total Pay
$30,692

Michieal Ramsey holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. In 2025, their total compensation was $30,692.

Edward Holden

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$30,279
Base pay
$24,180
Overtime
$5,099
Other pay
$1,000
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$30,279

Source-specific fields

Record ID
287,152
Total Pay
$30,279

Edward Holden is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2025 total compensation came to $30,279.

Charles Pytlewski

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2022 total comp
$29,940
Base pay
$28,041
Overtime
$328
Other pay
$1,570
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$29,940

Source-specific fields

Record ID
204,695
Total Pay
$29,940

Charles Pytlewski is a Police Officer 2 at Police School Resource Key. 2022 total compensation came to $29,940.

John Jex

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2025 total comp
$29,111
Base pay
$28,362
Overtime
$245
Other pay
$504
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$29,111

Source-specific fields

Record ID
286,982
Total Pay
$29,111

At Police School Resource Key, John Jex serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $29,111.

Randall Combs

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2019 total comp
$28,852
Base pay
$27,832
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,020
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$28,852

Source-specific fields

Record ID
124,686
Total Pay
$28,852

At Police School Resource Key, Randall Combs serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2019 pay totaled $28,852.

John Davis Jr

Police Officer 2/Police School Resource Key

2019 total comp
$27,729
Base pay
$20,965
Overtime
$261
Other pay
$6,503
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$27,729

Source-specific fields

Record ID
124,689
Total Pay
$27,729

John Davis Jr works as a Police Officer 2 for Police School Resource Key. John earned $27,729 in 2019.