City of Greensboro / Fire / Fire Fighter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
265 employees hold this title in Fire. Median total compensation for the role is $58,691, below the department median of $74,255.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 265 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 1,970 people — is $46,600. Fire pays a median base salary of $58,691 for this role, 26% above that figure — about the 70th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire’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. Fire’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 49th 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire is $58,691, 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 8 jurisdictions. In City of Greensboro, the median of $58,691 ranks #8 of 8. See Fire Fighter across all of City of Greensboro →
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/Fire
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Adam Meredith holds the role of Fire Fighter at Fire. In 2026, their total compensation was $71,407.
Fire Fighter/Fire
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At Fire, Robert Henson serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2026 pay totaled $71,407.
Fire Fighter/Fire
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At Fire, Ralph Bartlett serves as a Fire Fighter. Their 2026 pay totaled $71,407.