Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-51-301

(a) The minimum compensation payable to the chief elected executive of all municipalities or metropolitan governments having a population greater than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments.

(b) Any municipality or metropolitan government may provide for greater compensation for the chief elected executive.