Metro Nashville / W&S Administrative Security / Painter 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in W&S Administrative Security. Median total compensation for the role is $32,643, below the department median of $57,019.
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. W&S Administrative Security pays a median base salary of $30,789 for this role, 31% below that figure — below the 10th 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 W&S Administrative Security’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. W&S Administrative Security’s median base salary is 38% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 W&S Administrative Security is $32,643, 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 1 is held in 2 Metro Nashville departments. In W&S Administrative Security, the median of $32,643 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Painter 1 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 1/W&S Administrative Security
Source-specific fields
Cecil Clark Jr works as a Painter 1 for W&S Administrative Security. Cecil earned $32,643 in 2018.