Metro Nashville / Unknown Department / Painter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Unknown Department. Median total compensation for the role is $45,376, above the department median of $39,357.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 880 people — is $44,330. Unknown Department pays a median base salary of $44,908 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 52nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Painters, Construction and Maintenance 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 Unknown Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 225,190 people — is $49,400. Unknown Department’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Unknown Department is $45,376, 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
Painter is held in 2 Metro Nashville departments. In Unknown Department, the median of $45,376 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Painter role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 28 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $29,716 ranks #24 of 28. See Painter across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Painter 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
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Painter/Unknown Department
Source-specific fields
Donnie Graves works as a Painter for Unknown Department. Donnie earned $52,933 in 2024.
Painter/Unknown Department
Source-specific fields
At Unknown Department, David Gaines serves as a Painter. Their 2024 pay totaled $37,819.