Metro Nashville / Police Traffic Key
Agency file
The Police Traffic Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 51 employees with median total compensation of $99,596; the highest distinct record was $206,019.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 51 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($99,596) — 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 $152,822 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $26,209. 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 | $2.1M — | 32 — | $61,463 — |
| 2016 | $2.2M ▲ 4.3% | 32 ±0% | $66,605 ▲ 8.4% |
| 2017 | $2.2M ▲ 1.9% | 30 ▼ 6.3% | $71,426 ▲ 7.2% |
| 2018 | $2.1M ▼ 3.2% | 28 ▼ 6.7% | $74,979 ▲ 5.0% |
| 2019 | $1.6M ▼ 26.5% | 23 ▼ 17.9% | $68,390 ▼ 8.8% |
| 2020 | $1.8M ▲ 17.8% | 27 ▲ 17.4% | $72,509 ▲ 6.0% |
| 2021 | $2.9M ▲ 58.3% | 40 ▲ 48.1% | $71,842 ▼ 0.9% |
| 2022 | $3.6M ▲ 24.2% | 46 ▲ 15.0% | $81,196 ▲ 13.0% |
| 2023 | $3.1M ▼ 15.6% | 48 ▲ 4.3% | $70,042 ▼ 13.7% |
| 2024 | $235.9K ▼ 92.3% | 1 ▼ 97.9% | $235,880 ▲ 236.8% |
| 2025 | $4.8M ▲ 1936.8% | 51 ▲ 5000.0% | $99,596 ▼ 57.8% |
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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 Traffic Key
Source-specific fields
Phillip Murphy is a Police Officer 2 at Police Traffic Key. 2025 total compensation came to $134,905.