Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
928 employees hold this title in Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $78,432, above the department median of $75,048.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 928 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 15,630 people — is $59,280. Safety pays a median base salary of $78,432 for this role, 32% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol 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 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Safety’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 53rd 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 927 of 928 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Safety is $78,432, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $78,432 ranks #4 of 7. See Trooper across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Trooperroles 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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At Safety, Austin Vowell serves as a Trooper within Thp District 14. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $112,140.
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At Safety, Kyle Burleson serves as a Trooper within Thp District 7. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Darren Butler is a Trooper at Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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John Capps works as a Trooper for Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. Their status is full-time. John earned $111,528 in 2026.
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Melvin Armstrong holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Special Operations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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Cameron Azbill holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Thp District 2. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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Chris Bayless is a Trooper at Safety within Special Operations. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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At Safety, Jamison Benefield serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Christopher Best is a Trooper at Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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Corey Brock holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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Gerald Buchanan holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Highway Patrol Aviation. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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Johndavid Cochran holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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At Safety, Jack Curtis serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Matthew Harkleroad works as a Trooper for Safety within Thp District 5. Their status is full-time. Matthew earned $111,528 in 2026.
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Michael Heatherly is a Trooper at Safety within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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At Safety, John Irwin serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Paul Lynch serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Cody Martin serves as a Trooper within Special Operations. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Tyler Mcculley is a Trooper at Safety within Thp District 6. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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Spencer Minyard holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Highway Patrol Aviation. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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At Safety, Paul Moore serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Robert Orr is a Trooper at Safety within Special Operations. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $111,528.
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At Safety, Jason Page serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Brian Pulley serves as a Trooper within Thp District 4. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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Jeffrey Ratkovich holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Highway Patrol Aviation. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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Robert Singleton holds the role of Trooper at Safety within Thp District 3. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $111,528.
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At Safety, Joe Taylor serves as a Trooper within Special Operations. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Jeremy Tramel serves as a Trooper within Special Operations. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Joshua Wade serves as a Trooper within Critical Incident Responseteam. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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At Safety, Philip Wagner serves as a Trooper within Thp District 1. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $111,528.
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John Welker works as a Trooper for Safety within Highway Patrol Aviation. Their status is full-time. John earned $111,528 in 2026.
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Zachary Whitehead works as a Trooper for Safety within Special Operations. Their status is full-time. Zachary earned $111,528 in 2026.
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Phillip Steele works as a Trooper for Safety within Thp District 8. Their status is full-time. Phillip earned $111,528 in 2026.
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Gregory Phillips is a Trooper at Safety within Thp District 14. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $107,736.