Tennessee / Children's Services / Behavioral Health Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
8 employees hold this title in Children's Services. Median total compensation for the role is $69,000, above the department median of $66,696.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists — about 1,180 people — is $76,820. Children's Services pays a median base salary of $69,000 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 40th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Children's Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Clinical and Counseling Psychologists — about 75,990 people — is $100,580. Children's Services’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Children's Services is $69,000, 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
Behavioral Health Specialist is held in 2 Tennessee departments. In Children's Services, the median of $69,000 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Behavioral Health Specialist role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $73,412 ranks #2 of 3. See Behavioral Health Specialist across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Behavioral Health Specialist 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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Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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Heather Davidson is a Behavioral Health Specialist at Children's Services within Mental Health Team. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $76,368.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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At Children's Services, Otha Farris serves as a Behavioral Health Specialist within Mental Health Team. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $72,000.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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At Children's Services, Gabrielle Vance serves as a Behavioral Health Specialist within Mental Health Team. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $72,000.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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Eugena Williams holds the role of Behavioral Health Specialist at Children's Services within Mental Health Team. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $72,000.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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Emily Quince works as a Behavioral Health Specialist for Children's Services within Mental Health Team. Their status is full-time. Emily earned $66,000 in 2026.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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At Children's Services, James Serpas serves as a Behavioral Health Specialist within Mental Health Team. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $66,000.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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Leesi Attih holds the role of Behavioral Health Specialist at Children's Services within Mental Health Team. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $66,000.
Behavioral Health Specialist/Children's Services
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Daniel Krell works as a Behavioral Health Specialist for Children's Services within Mental Health Team. Their status is full-time. Daniel earned $66,000 in 2026.