Metro Nashville / Fir Gsd Fire Prevention / Fire Inspector 2
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
33 employees hold this title in Fir Gsd Fire Prevention. Median total compensation for the role is $80,869, below the department median of $81,478.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 33 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 Fire Inspectors and Investigators — about 140 people — is $77,160. Fir Gsd Fire Prevention pays a median base salary of $76,473 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 49th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Fire Inspectors and Investigators 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 Prevention’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators — about 13,800 people — is $75,920. Fir Gsd Fire Prevention’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 51st 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 34 of 45 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 Prevention is $76,449, 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 Inspector 2 is held in 4 Metro Nashville departments. In Fir Gsd Fire Prevention, the median of $80,869 ranks #2 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Fire Inspector 2 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 6 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $33,504 ranks #6 of 6. See Fire Inspector across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Inspectorroles 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 Inspector 2/Fir Gsd Fire Prevention
Source-specific fields
Thomas Goad holds the role of Fire Inspector 2 at Fir Gsd Fire Prevention. In 2025, their total compensation was $116,894.
Fire Inspector 2/Fir Gsd Fire Prevention
Source-specific fields
At Fir Gsd Fire Prevention, Terresita Burkes serves as a Fire Inspector 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $109,436.