Metro Nashville / Fir Gsd Fire Operations / Fire Captain
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
72 employees hold this title in Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $90,665, above the department median of $76,174.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 72 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 730 people — is $80,720. Fir Gsd Fire Operations pays a median base salary of $81,488 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 51st 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fir Gsd Fire Operations’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. Fir Gsd Fire Operations’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 36th 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 60 of 72 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 Fir Gsd Fire Operations is $90,665, 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 Captain is held in 14 Metro Nashville departments. In Fir Gsd Fire Operations, the median of $90,665 ranks #5 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Fire Captain role in other Metro Nashvilledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 19 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $100,717 ranks #15 of 19. See Fire Captain across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Captainroles 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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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Martin Hampton serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2016 pay totaled $82,886.
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Timothy Jones is a Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2016 total compensation came to $82,132.
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Patrick Griffin Jr works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Patrick earned $81,852 in 2019.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Wendell Toney serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2016 pay totaled $80,406.
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Ronald Teague holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $80,180.
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Mike Sisk holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $77,650.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Michael Eubank serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2022 pay totaled $77,638.
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Geauthor Hayes Jr holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2019, their total compensation was $76,280.
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Bobby Murray works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Bobby earned $74,938 in 2016.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Phillip Evans serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2020 pay totaled $74,804.
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Anthony Glover is a Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2023 total compensation came to $74,547.
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Edward Greer holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2019, their total compensation was $71,472.
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John Morton holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2018, their total compensation was $70,386.
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Austin Writesman holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $69,949.
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Joel Saunders works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Joel earned $68,116 in 2020.
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Thomas Baltz Jr is a Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2019 total compensation came to $66,950.
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Norman Crawford holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $64,376.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Ronald Smith serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2023 pay totaled $57,003.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Carl Slater serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2019 pay totaled $48,808.
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Michael Prater holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2020, their total compensation was $44,688.
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David Jones holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $42,393.
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Charles Felts works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Charles earned $40,326 in 2015.
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Ronald Rogers works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Ronald earned $28,185 in 2023.
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Brian Diehl holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $23,946.
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Moses Jefferies holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $20,398.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Cameron White serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $17,542.
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Robert Vallejo works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Robert earned $16,578 in 2025.
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Eric Martin holds the role of Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $15,635.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Douglas Jordan serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2021 pay totaled $11,362.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Justin Dawson serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2021 pay totaled $11,209.
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Thomas Baltz is a Fire Captain at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2021 total compensation came to $9,819.
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Bobby Owen works as a Fire Captain for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Bobby earned $1,052 in 2021.