Metro Nashville / Tru Administration
Agency file
The Tru Administration provides central administrative services — personnel, procurement, facilities, and internal operations.
In 2025, this agency had 34 employees with median total compensation of $50,736; the highest distinct record was $175,897.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 34 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($50,736) — 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 $78,850 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $2,400. 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 | $1M — | 28 — | $37,163 — |
| 2016 | $1.1M ▲ 2.0% | 30 ▲ 7.1% | $34,029 ▼ 8.4% |
| 2017 | $1.1M ▲ 7.3% | 30 ±0% | $39,129 ▲ 15.0% |
| 2018 | $1.1M ▼ 2.7% | 29 ▼ 3.3% | $33,150 ▼ 15.3% |
| 2019 | $1.1M ▼ 1.8% | 30 ▲ 3.4% | $33,720 ▲ 1.7% |
| 2020 | $1.2M ▲ 7.6% | 29 ▼ 3.3% | $36,837 ▲ 9.2% |
| 2021 | $1.3M ▲ 11.5% | 34 ▲ 17.2% | $36,825 ±0% |
| 2022 | $1.2M ▼ 5.7% | 34 ±0% | $38,752 ▲ 5.2% |
| 2023 | $1.1M ▼ 11.4% | 53 ▲ 55.9% | $11,612 ▼ 70.0% |
| 2024 | $167.8K ▼ 84.6% | 1 ▼ 98.1% | $167,787 ▲ 1344.9% |
| 2025 | $1.6M ▲ 868.6% | 34 ▲ 3300.0% | $50,736 ▼ 69.8% |
Record list
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Trustee/Tru Administration
Source-specific fields
Charles Cardwell is a Trustee at Tru Administration. 2019 total compensation came to $121,886.