City of Las Vegas / Fr - Suppression / Fire Battalion Chief (Er)
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
10 employees hold this title in Fr - Suppression. Median total compensation for the role is $314,624, above the department median of $202,124.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 10 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 590 people — is $86,830. Fr - Suppression pays a median base salary of $128,404 for this role, 48% above that figure — about the 89th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fr - Suppression’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. Fr - Suppression’s median base salary is 37% above that national figure, about the 82nd 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 29 of 34 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Fr - Suppression is $287,365, 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 3 jurisdictions. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $287,365 ranks #2 of 3. See Fire Battalion Chief across all of City of Las Vegas →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Battalion Chief 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.
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Fire Battalion Chief (Er)/Fr - Suppression
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Clyde Abercrombie is a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) at Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. 2024 total compensation came to $369,718.
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James Thom holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief (Er) at Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. In 2024, their total compensation was $368,635.
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Matthew Gordon works as a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) for Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. Matthew earned $327,838 in 2024.
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Frank Perez holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief (Er) at Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. In 2024, their total compensation was $321,550.
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Jayson Calhoun works as a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) for Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. Jayson earned $317,638 in 2024.
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At Fr - Suppression, David Heckard serves as a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) within Sfir56. Their 2024 pay totaled $311,610.
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Ryan Eldridge holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief (Er) at Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. In 2024, their total compensation was $288,199.
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At Fr - Suppression, Brian Gray serves as a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) within Fire. Their 2023 pay totaled $281,811.
Fire Battalion Chief (Er)/Fr - Suppression
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Steven Hansen works as a Fire Battalion Chief (Er) for Fr - Suppression within Sfir56. Steven earned $262,233 in 2024.
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Jacqueline Love-Jervis holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief (Er) at Fr - Suppression within Fire. In 2023, their total compensation was $202,383.