Metro Nashville / W&S Environmental Compliance
Agency file
The W&S Environmental Compliance protects natural resources and the environment — conservation, parks and wildlife, and environmental regulation.
In 2025, this agency had 9 employees with median total compensation of $45,758; the highest distinct record was $186,058.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 9 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($45,758) — 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 $112,189 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $18,200. 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 | $225.1K — | 3 — | $64,327 — |
| 2016 | $319.3K ▲ 41.8% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $76,231 ▲ 18.5% |
| 2017 | $315.4K ▼ 1.2% | 5 ▲ 25.0% | $69,798 ▼ 8.4% |
| 2018 | $257.1K ▼ 18.5% | 3 ▼ 40.0% | $74,641 ▲ 6.9% |
| 2019 | $319.1K ▲ 24.1% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $74,993 ▲ 0.5% |
| 2020 | $329.1K ▲ 3.1% | 4 ±0% | $77,220 ▲ 3.0% |
| 2021 | $345K ▲ 4.8% | 7 ▲ 75.0% | $54,136 ▼ 29.9% |
| 2022 | $362.6K ▲ 5.1% | 6 ▼ 14.3% | $59,842 ▲ 10.5% |
| 2023 | $468.2K ▲ 29.1% | 6 ±0% | $82,043 ▲ 37.1% |
| 2024 | $179K ▼ 61.8% | 1 ▼ 83.3% | $179,030 ▲ 118.2% |
| 2025 | $585.6K ▲ 227.1% | 9 ▲ 800.0% | $45,758 ▼ 74.4% |
Record list
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Envir Compliance Officer 3/W&S Environmental Compliance
Source-specific fields
Joseph Welch is a Envir Compliance Officer 3 at W&S Environmental Compliance. 2017 total compensation came to $70,089.