Metro Nashville / Fir Gsd Fire Operations / Fire Fighter 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
32 employees hold this title in Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $19,241, below the department median of $76,174.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 32 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 Firefighters — about 2,170 people — is $49,300. Fir Gsd Fire Operations pays a median base salary of $64,279 for this role, 30% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters 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 Firefighters — about 345,990 people — is $59,280. Fir Gsd Fire Operations’s median base salary is 8% above that national figure, about the 57th 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 107 of 169 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 $63,292, 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 Fighter 1 is held in 3 Metro Nashville departments. In Fir Gsd Fire Operations, the median of $19,241 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Fire Fighter 1 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 8 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $59,990 ranks #7 of 8. See Fire Fighter across all of Metro Nashville →
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 1/Fir Gsd Fire Operations
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Diandre Carracter works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Diandre earned $20,203 in 2023.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Terrance Adams serves as a Fire Fighter 1. Their 2023 pay totaled $20,140.
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Rylan Meares works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Rylan earned $20,125 in 2023.
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Calvin Mcnairl is a Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2023 total compensation came to $20,076.
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Caitlin Dumond is a Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2023 total compensation came to $20,059.
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Patrick Ballard holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $19,972.
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Gabriel King works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Gsd Fire Operations. Gabriel earned $19,972 in 2023.
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At Fir Gsd Fire Operations, Darrius Hawkins serves as a Fire Fighter 1. Their 2023 pay totaled $19,914.
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Benjamin Jones holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $19,801.
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Blake Moulton is a Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Gsd Fire Operations. 2023 total compensation came to $19,801.