Metro Nashville / Fir Gsd Specialized Services
Agency file
The Fir Gsd Specialized Services is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.
In 2025, this agency had 35 employees with median total compensation of $81,797; the highest distinct record was $174,106.
What the records show
These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.
How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 35 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($81,797) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.
What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.
The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $144,774 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $24,101. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).
The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.
Trend
How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 11 published years.
| Year | Total payroll | Employees | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $269.7K — | 3 — | $88,242 — |
| 2016 | $339.7K ▲ 26.0% | 4 ▲ 33.3% | $88,058 ▼ 0.2% |
| 2017 | $324K ▼ 4.6% | 5 ▲ 25.0% | $73,531 ▼ 16.5% |
| 2018 | $421.5K ▲ 30.1% | 6 ▲ 20.0% | $78,114 ▲ 6.2% |
| 2019 | $655.5K ▲ 55.5% | 8 ▲ 33.3% | $90,478 ▲ 15.8% |
| 2020 | $661.6K ▲ 0.9% | 8 ±0% | $91,844 ▲ 1.5% |
| 2021 | $720.3K ▲ 8.9% | 8 ±0% | $98,601 ▲ 7.4% |
| 2022 | $786.6K ▲ 9.2% | 7 ▼ 12.5% | $111,846 ▲ 13.4% |
| 2023 | $478.1K ▼ 39.2% | 9 ▲ 28.6% | $38,684 ▼ 65.4% |
| 2024 | $180.5K ▼ 62.2% | 1 ▼ 88.9% | $180,512 ▲ 366.6% |
| 2025 | $2.9M ▲ 1507.4% | 35 ▲ 3400.0% | $81,797 ▼ 54.7% |
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Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.
Record list
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Paramedic/Fir Gsd Specialized Services
Source-specific fields
Blake Gay is a Paramedic at Fir Gsd Specialized Services. 2025 total compensation came to $81,797.
Fire Engineer/Fir Gsd Specialized Services
Source-specific fields
Michael Armistead holds the role of Fire Engineer at Fir Gsd Specialized Services. In 2018, their total compensation was $81,095.