Role across Metro Nashville

Health Manager

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

140 people hold the Health Manager role across 46 departments in Metro Nashville, with a median total compensation of $66,927.

Employees: 140
Median pay: $66,927
Departments: 46
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 1

Compared with the local labor market

Health Manager pay vs. the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area

Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 5,510 people — is $116,480. Metro Nashville pays a median base salary of $72,945 for this role, 37% below that figure — about the 11th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Metro Nashville sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$71,980

$85,630

$116,480

$162,160

$221,330

Metro Nashville median · $72,945

The bar is the range of annual wages for Medical and Health Services Managers 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 Metro Nashville’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Medical and Health Services Managers — about 597,080 people — is $123,860. Metro Nashville’s median base salary is 41% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$73,390

$94,700

$123,860

$166,100

$224,340

Metro Nashville median · $72,945

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.

Computed over the 109 of 140 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Metro Nashville is $66,927, 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.

Within Metro Nashville