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Metro Nashville / Police Specialized Investigations / Police Officer 2

Job-title file

Police Officer 2

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

187 employees hold this title in Police Specialized Investigations. Median total compensation for the role is $68,561, below the department median of $103,218.

Employees
187
Total payroll
$13.4M
Role median
$68,561
Agency median
$103,218
Comparison
Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$27$171,264+

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

How total compensation varies among the 187 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 Specialized Investigations pays a median base salary of $74,014 for this role, 8% above that figureabout the 69th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Police Specialized Investigations sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$49,440
$58,000
$68,780
$75,620
$93,820
Police Specialized Investigations median · $74,014

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 Specialized Investigations’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 Specialized Investigations’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 47th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,510
$59,290
$76,210
$97,600
$115,120
Police Specialized Investigations median · $74,014

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 146 of 189 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 Specialized Investigations is $68,561, 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 Specialized Investigations, the median of $68,561 ranks #24 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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Michael Orsbon

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2023 total comp
$94,154
Base pay
$87,249
Overtime
$5,140
Other pay
$1,765
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$94,154

Source-specific fields

Record ID
216,953
Total Pay
$94,154

Michael Orsbon works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Specialized Investigations. Michael earned $94,154 in 2023.

Justin Vaughn

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2023 total comp
$94,137
Base pay
$84,468
Overtime
$8,671
Other pay
$998
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$94,137

Source-specific fields

Record ID
216,950
Total Pay
$94,137

Justin Vaughn is a Police Officer 2 at Police Specialized Investigations. 2023 total compensation came to $94,137.

Jonathan Watch

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$93,874
Base pay
$80,998
Overtime
$7,488
Other pay
$5,388
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$93,874

Source-specific fields

Record ID
303,972
Total Pay
$93,874

At Police Specialized Investigations, Jonathan Watch serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $93,874.

Andrew Anoskey

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$91,463
Base pay
$87,350
Overtime
$2,155
Other pay
$1,958
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$91,463

Source-specific fields

Record ID
274,458
Total Pay
$91,463

Andrew Anoskey works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Specialized Investigations. Andrew earned $91,463 in 2025.

Rachel Susee

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$90,856
Base pay
$85,883
Overtime
$3,985
Other pay
$987
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$90,856

Source-specific fields

Record ID
301,909
Total Pay
$90,856

Rachel Susee is a Police Officer 2 at Police Specialized Investigations. 2025 total compensation came to $90,856.

Carlos Diaz

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$90,636
Base pay
$84,777
Overtime
$5,022
Other pay
$837
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$90,636

Source-specific fields

Record ID
279,956
Total Pay
$90,636

At Police Specialized Investigations, Carlos Diaz serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $90,636.

Cody Jaworski

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$89,150
Base pay
$85,850
Overtime
$1,334
Other pay
$1,966
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$89,150

Source-specific fields

Record ID
286,510
Total Pay
$89,150

Cody Jaworski holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Specialized Investigations. In 2025, their total compensation was $89,150.

Khanthasit Phothirath

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2021 total comp
$88,028
Base pay
$78,237
Overtime
$3,874
Other pay
$5,917
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$88,028

Source-specific fields

Record ID
175,588
Total Pay
$88,028

Khanthasit Phothirath works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Specialized Investigations. Khanthasit earned $88,028 in 2021.

Andrew Mccarron

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2025 total comp
$87,688
Base pay
$83,855
Overtime
$920
Other pay
$2,913
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$87,688

Source-specific fields

Record ID
291,844
Total Pay
$87,688

At Police Specialized Investigations, Andrew Mccarron serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $87,688.

David Willover

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2023 total comp
$86,792
Base pay
$76,575
Overtime
$8,662
Other pay
$1,555
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$86,792

Source-specific fields

Record ID
216,927
Total Pay
$86,792

David Willover works as a Police Officer 2 for Police Specialized Investigations. David earned $86,792 in 2023.

Mark Anderson

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2016 total comp
$86,095
Base pay
$63,397
Overtime
$21,721
Other pay
$977
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$86,095

Source-specific fields

Record ID
45,199
Total Pay
$86,095

Mark Anderson holds the role of Police Officer 2 at Police Specialized Investigations. In 2016, their total compensation was $86,095.

Michael Gray

Police Officer 2/Police Specialized Investigations

2023 total comp
$85,837
Base pay
$81,489
Overtime
$2,731
Other pay
$1,617
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$85,837

Source-specific fields

Record ID
216,924
Total Pay
$85,837

At Police Specialized Investigations, Michael Gray serves as a Police Officer 2. Their 2023 pay totaled $85,837.