City of Chicago / Chicago Fire Department / Fire Engineer
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Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
31 employees hold this title in Chicago Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $137,568, above the department median of $122,376.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 31 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 14,560 people — is $82,820. Chicago Fire Department pays a median base salary of $137,568 for this role, 66% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Chicago Fire Department’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. Chicago Fire Department’s median base salary is 132% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Chicago Fire Department is $137,568, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City of Chicago, the median of $137,568 ranks #3 of 5. See Fire Engineer across all of City of Chicago →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Engineer roles 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 Engineer/Chicago Fire Department
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Hugh Mc Partland is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $137,568.
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Andrew Collier holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $137,568.
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Philip Groth is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $137,568.
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Patrick Heneghan works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Patrick earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Michael Moran works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Michael earned $137,568 in 2026.
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At Chicago Fire Department, Patrick Carr serves as a Fire Engineer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $137,568.
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Dennis Dowdall works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Dennis earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Gary Horkavy works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Gary earned $137,568 in 2026.
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At Chicago Fire Department, Eric Kracinski serves as a Fire Engineer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $137,568.
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Hector Ortiz works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Hector earned $137,568 in 2026.
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At Chicago Fire Department, Richard Pizza serves as a Fire Engineer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $137,568.
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Steven Rannochio holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $137,568.
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John Rozic works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. John earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Lord Windsor works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Lord earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Jeremy Comito works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Jeremy earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Christophe Zon holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $137,568.
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Javier Arredondo works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Javier earned $137,568 in 2026.
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Eric Filar works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Eric earned $133,656 in 2026.
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Antweun Jackson is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $133,656.
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Jacek Kozminski is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $133,656.
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At Chicago Fire Department, Michael Reingruber serves as a Fire Engineer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $133,656.
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Nicholas Cook holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $133,656.
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Miguel Monzon works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Miguel earned $133,656 in 2026.
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William Murray works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. William earned $133,656 in 2026.
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Gabriel Velasco holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $133,656.
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Keith Ross is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $133,656.
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Gregory Schaffrath Sr holds the role of Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $133,656.
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Christian Urey works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. Christian earned $133,656 in 2026.
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At Chicago Fire Department, John Gutrich serves as a Fire Engineer. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $133,656.
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Karl Solms is a Fire Engineer at Chicago Fire Department. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $133,656.
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David Finn works as a Fire Engineer for Chicago Fire Department. Their status is full-time. David earned $128,964 in 2026.