Toward a more diverse and inclusive Metro workforce

This Is Nashville · May 24, 2023 · 50m

The Metro Nashville government is a major employer, with some 10,000 workers, and city leaders have ambitions to create diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces within each department. Yet a new report on the demographics and wages of city employees finds communities of color are still underrepresented within the Metro workforce, and that there’s a pay gap in which white, male leaders are typically paid more than people of color and women.

These findings aren’t new. The Metro Human Relations Commission began putting out its “IncluCivics” reports in 2015, and has consistently found…