City of Charlotte / Cfd Operations / Fire Fighter I
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
245 employees hold this title in Cfd Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $65,649, below the department median of $87,975.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 245 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 the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 4,700 people — is $38,700. Cfd Operations pays a median base salary of $72,214 for this role, 87% above that figure — about the 85th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters 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 Firefighters — about 345,990 people — is $59,280. Cfd Operations’s median base salary is 22% above that national figure, about the 68th 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.
Computed over the 541 of 542 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Cfd Operations is $72,214, 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
Fire Fighter I is held in 2 City of Charlotte departments. In Cfd Operations, the median of $65,649 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Fire Fighter I role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $72,378 ranks #6 of 8. See Fire Fighter across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Fighterroles 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.
Record list
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Fire Fighter I/Cfd Operations
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Jordan Quinn-Krull works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Jordan earned $68,931 in 2026.
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Joshua Beard holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, William Benifield serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Cory Berthiaume is a Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $68,931.
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James Coode holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, Mason Dixon serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, Austin Foulk serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Jonathan Fox holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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Dante Gazerro holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, Grady Hopper serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Nathaniel Johnson is a Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $68,931.
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Caleb Little works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Caleb earned $68,931 in 2026.
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At Cfd Operations, Brian Major serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Brandon Morrison holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, Andrew Sales serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Thompson Schille holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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Collin Severns works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Collin earned $68,931 in 2026.
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Nicholas Stanley works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Nicholas earned $68,931 in 2026.
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At Cfd Operations, Kyle Stephens serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Andrew Toms holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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Mason Dugas is a Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $68,931.
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At Cfd Operations, Christopher Gonzalez serves as a Fire Fighter I within Fire. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $68,931.
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Andrew Trull holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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Caleb Watson works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Caleb earned $68,931 in 2026.
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Riley Wilson holds the role of Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,931.
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Michael Ashe works as a Fire Fighter I for Cfd Operations within Fire. Their status is full-time. Michael earned $68,931 in 2026.
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Detoure Green is a Fire Fighter I at Cfd Operations within Fire. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $68,931.