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Metro Nashville / Social Homeless Services Program / Social Worker

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Social Worker

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

3 employees hold this title in Social Homeless Services Program. Median total compensation for the role is $45,242, below the department median of $65,926.

Employees
3
Total payroll
$122.4K
Role median
$45,242
Agency median
$65,926
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Social Worker pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area

Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Social Workers, All Otherabout 620 people is $58,780. Social Homeless Services Program pays a median base salary of $45,242 for this role, 23% below that figureabout the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Social Homeless Services Program sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$41,520
$49,120
$58,780
$96,600
$119,290
Social Homeless Services Program median · $45,242

The bar is the range of annual wages for Social Workers, All Other 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 Social Homeless Services Program’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Social Workers, All Otherabout 62,930 people is $71,900. Social Homeless Services Program’s median base salary is 37% below that national figure, about the 13th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$43,620
$51,900
$71,900
$97,040
$115,610
Social Homeless Services Program median · $45,242

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 3 of 4 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Social Homeless Services Program is $36,819, 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.

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This role across Metro Nashville

Social Worker is held in 8 Metro Nashville departments. In Social Homeless Services Program, the median of $45,242 ranks #2 of 8.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Social Worker role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Social Worker beyond Metro Nashville

This role is reported in 23 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $41,066 ranks #20 of 23. See Social Worker across all of Metro Nashville

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Median total compensation for comparable Social Worker roles 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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Kira Nemeth

Social Worker/Social Homeless Services Program

2025 total comp
$48,801
Base pay
$48,229
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$572
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$48,801

Source-specific fields

Record ID
295,040
Total Pay
$48,801

Kira Nemeth holds the role of Social Worker at Social Homeless Services Program. In 2025, their total compensation was $48,801.

Lictoria Woods

Social Worker/Social Homeless Services Program

2018 total comp
$45,242
Base pay
$45,242
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$45,242

Source-specific fields

Record ID
97,712
Total Pay
$45,242

At Social Homeless Services Program, Lictoria Woods serves as a Social Worker. Their 2018 pay totaled $45,242.

Chaelim Colson

Social Worker/Social Homeless Services Program

2023 total comp
$28,396
Base pay
$27,328
Overtime
$120
Other pay
$947
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$28,396

Source-specific fields

Record ID
220,063
Total Pay
$28,396

Chaelim Colson works as a Social Worker for Social Homeless Services Program. Chaelim earned $28,396 in 2023.