Metro Nashville / W&S General Accounting
Agency file
The W&S General Accounting manages public finances — collecting revenue and taxes, budgeting, accounting, and financial oversight.
In 2025, this agency had 31 employees with median total compensation of $65,706; the highest distinct record was $174,516.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 31 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($65,706) — 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 $114,723 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $19,099. 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 | $897.8K — | 20 — | $43,474 — |
| 2016 | $944.7K ▲ 5.2% | 21 ▲ 5.0% | $47,334 ▲ 8.9% |
| 2017 | $985.3K ▲ 4.3% | 19 ▼ 9.5% | $52,993 ▲ 12.0% |
| 2018 | $1.1M ▲ 9.6% | 22 ▲ 15.8% | $47,091 ▼ 11.1% |
| 2019 | $997K ▼ 7.7% | 16 ▼ 27.3% | $55,390 ▲ 17.6% |
| 2020 | $1M ▲ 2.4% | 16 ±0% | $58,402 ▲ 5.4% |
| 2021 | $972.7K ▼ 4.7% | 21 ▲ 31.3% | $46,290 ▼ 20.7% |
| 2022 | $1.3M ▲ 34.9% | 23 ▲ 9.5% | $54,476 ▲ 17.7% |
| 2023 | $1.1M ▼ 13.4% | 33 ▲ 43.5% | $31,951 ▼ 41.3% |
| 2024 | $168.8K ▼ 85.2% | 1 ▼ 97.0% | $168,766 ▲ 428.2% |
| 2025 | $2.1M ▲ 1136.2% | 31 ▲ 3000.0% | $65,706 ▼ 61.1% |
Record list
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Application Technician 1/W&S General Accounting
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Jeffrey Ernsberger works as a Application Technician 1 for W&S General Accounting. Jeffrey earned $53,437 in 2023.
Finance Officer 2/W&S General Accounting
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Michael Keaton holds the role of Finance Officer 2 at W&S General Accounting. In 2018, their total compensation was $52,664.
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Michael Stack appears in W&S General Accounting payroll as a Finance Officer Senior, with $51,723 reported in 2025 — this entry may combine more than one individual of the same name.