Tennessee / Wildlife Resources / Wildlife Manager 3
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
43 employees hold this title in Wildlife Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $98,424, above the department median of $72,012.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 43 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 First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — about 170 people — is $52,960. Wildlife Resources pays a median base salary of $94,956 for this role, 79% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Wildlife Resources’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers — about 27,960 people — is $59,320. Wildlife Resources’s median base salary is 60% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Wildlife Resources is $94,956, 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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Wildlife Manager 3/Wildlife Resources
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At Wildlife Resources, Adam Edge serves as a Wildlife Manager 3 within Nashville Office Wl Statewide. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $90,132.
Wildlife Manager 3/Wildlife Resources
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Colby Gainer is a Wildlife Manager 3 at Wildlife Resources within Region 4 Wildlife. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $90,132.
Wildlife Manager 3/Wildlife Resources
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Hae Kim holds the role of Wildlife Manager 3 at Wildlife Resources within Nashville Office Wl Statewide. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $90,132.