Tennessee / Safety / Driver's License Examiner
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
338 employees hold this title in Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $41,025, below the department median of $75,048.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 338 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 Compliance Officers — about 7,990 people — is $63,960. Safety pays a median base salary of $40,800 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Compliance Officers across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Safety’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Compliance Officers — about 417,070 people — is $80,730. Safety’s median base salary is 49% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Safety is $41,025, 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.
Record list
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Driver's License Examiner/Safety
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Helen Sutton is a Driver's License Examiner at Safety within Driver License District 5. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $44,832.
Driver's License Examiner/Safety
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At Safety, Denise Griffin serves as a Driver's License Examiner within Driver License District 1. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,563.
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At Safety, Keith Herron serves as a Driver's License Examiner within Driver License District 4. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,563.
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At Safety, Rachelle Vansickle serves as a Driver's License Examiner within Driver License District 8. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,486.
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Jessica Wooden holds the role of Driver's License Examiner at Safety within Driver License District 8. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $44,467.
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Reba Carter is a Driver's License Examiner at Safety within Driver License District 6. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $44,388.
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At Safety, Dimitra Parris serves as a Driver's License Examiner within Driver License District 1. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $44,334.