Tennessee / Mental Health / Food Service Worker
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
14 employees hold this title in Mental Health. Median total compensation for the role is $30,768, below the department median of $52,260.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 14 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 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 5,230 people — is $30,670. Mental Health pays a median base salary of $31,104 for this role, 1% above that figure — about the 52nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Mental Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Food Servers, Nonrestaurant — about 293,900 people — is $35,360. Mental Health’s median base salary is 12% below that national figure, about the 25th 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.
Computed over the 11 of 14 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 Mental Health is $30,768, 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
Food Service Worker is held in 4 Tennessee departments. In Mental Health, the median of $30,768 ranks #2 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Food Service Worker role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $30,432 ranks #3 of 14. See Food Service Worker across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Food Service Worker 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.
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Record list
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Food Service Worker/Mental Health
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Rhett Bartha holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $34,279.
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Jennifer Blaylock holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $33,518.
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Steven Lavender works as a Food Service Worker for Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. Steven earned $32,483 in 2026.
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Margaret Cheairs holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $31,584.
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Penny Patterson is a Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $31,104.
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Stenella York holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $31,104.
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Christopher Allen works as a Food Service Worker for Mental Health. Their status is classified. Christopher earned $31,104 in 2026.
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Shaneka Pulliam holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $30,432.
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Matthew White works as a Food Service Worker for Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. Matthew earned $29,304 in 2026.
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Murkus Joy holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $29,124.
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Amanda Kwas holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $26,496.
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Antoinette Newble works as a Food Service Worker for Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. Antoinette earned $23,784 in 2026.
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Amario Brown holds the role of Food Service Worker at Mental Health within Food Production. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $23,268.
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At Mental Health, Markeveon Cross serves as a Food Service Worker within Food Production. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $23,268.