City of Charlotte / Cfd Operations / Fire Captain
Job-title file
Fire Captain
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
198 employees hold this title in Cfd Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $117,452, above the department median of $87,975.
- Employees
- 198
- Total payroll
- $23.5M
- Role median
- $117,452
- Agency median
- $87,975
- Comparison
- Above
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 198 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
Fire Captain pay vs. the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 1,180 people — is $65,960. Cfd Operations pays a median base salary of $117,452 for this role, 78% above that figure — about the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cfd Operations sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cfd Operations’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 Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 99,140 people — is $93,530. Cfd Operations’s median base salary is 26% above that national figure, about the 73rd 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cfd Operations is $117,452, 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 departments
This role across City of Charlotte
Fire Captain is held in 2 City of Charlotte departments. In Cfd Operations, the median of $117,452 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Fire Captain role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Fire Captain beyond City of Charlotte
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $117,452 ranks #13 of 19. See Fire Captain across all of City of Charlotte →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Captainroles 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.
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