Metro Nashville / Police Youth Services Key
Agency file
The Police Youth Services Key is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 40 employees with median total compensation of $71,953; the highest distinct record was $195,763.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 40 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($71,953) — 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 $154,554 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $11,247. 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 | $1.9M — | 30 — | $59,830 — |
| 2016 | $2.1M ▲ 5.6% | 32 ▲ 6.7% | $63,544 ▲ 6.2% |
| 2017 | $2.5M ▲ 20.6% | 41 ▲ 28.1% | $62,536 ▼ 1.6% |
| 2018 | $2.4M ▼ 1.8% | 35 ▼ 14.6% | $65,996 ▲ 5.5% |
| 2019 | $2.3M ▼ 7.3% | 36 ▲ 2.9% | $61,974 ▼ 6.1% |
| 2020 | $2.9M ▲ 26.6% | 42 ▲ 16.7% | $66,678 ▲ 7.6% |
| 2021 | $3.1M ▲ 9.2% | 49 ▲ 16.7% | $54,425 ▼ 18.4% |
| 2022 | $2.9M ▼ 7.4% | 48 ▼ 2.0% | $52,218 ▼ 4.1% |
| 2023 | $1.8M ▼ 36.7% | 44 ▼ 8.3% | $29,402 ▼ 43.7% |
| 2024 | $189.9K ▼ 89.6% | 1 ▼ 97.7% | $189,873 ▲ 545.8% |
| 2025 | $3.5M ▲ 1717.5% | 40 ▲ 3900.0% | $71,953 ▼ 62.1% |
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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 Lieutenant/Police Youth Services Key
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Johnnie Melzoni holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Youth Services Key. In 2022, their total compensation was $102,117.