I found that the government of Nashville has some open data at https://data.nashville.gov. I messed around with a couple of employment datasheets and made some graphs.
Mean Salary vs Ethnicity
Mean Annual Salary by Job Category
Interestingly, elected officials are not the highest paid category.
Metro Nashville Salaries
In total, annual salaries for Metro Nashville government employees is more than $400 million.
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Michael Zoorob 