Miami-Dade County / Fire Rescue / Fire Lieutenant
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
506 employees hold this title in Fire Rescue. Median total compensation for the role is $141,103, above the department median of $120,656.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 506 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 3,740 people — is $120,390. Fire Rescue pays a median base salary of $141,103 for this role, 17% above that figure — about the 80th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire Rescue’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. Fire Rescue’s median base salary is 51% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 505 of 506 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 Fire Rescue is $141,103, 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 10 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $141,103 ranks #2 of 10. See Fire Lieutenant across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Lieutenantroles 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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Richard Ramos holds the role of Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $166,183.
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Terrence Dolan works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. Terrence earned $166,183 in 2026.
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Kenneth Brown is a Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $166,183.
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Brandy Paternoster holds the role of Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $166,183.
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George Izquierdo works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. George earned $166,183 in 2026.
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Enrique Gonzalez works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. Enrique earned $166,183 in 2026.
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Derrick Caballero is a Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $166,183.
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At Fire Rescue, Michel Lopez serves as a Fire Lieutenant within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $166,183.
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David Bunker is a Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $166,183.
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Mauricio Angulo works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. Mauricio earned $166,183 in 2026.
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At Fire Rescue, Albert Carbonell serves as a Fire Lieutenant within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $165,803.
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Steven Clements works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. Steven earned $165,803 in 2026.
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Ricardo Cruz works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. Ricardo earned $165,803 in 2026.
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At Fire Rescue, Byron Kappes serves as a Fire Lieutenant within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $165,721.
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Alvaro Tonanez holds the role of Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $165,085.
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David Gates works as a Fire Lieutenant for Fire Rescue within Mdc. David earned $165,050 in 2026.
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At Fire Rescue, William Licea serves as a Fire Lieutenant within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $164,757.
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At Fire Rescue, Douglas Duarte serves as a Fire Lieutenant within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $164,757.
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Stephen Alexander is a Fire Lieutenant at Fire Rescue within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $164,462.