Metro Nashville / Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations / Fire Inspector 2
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
1 employee holds this title in Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations. Median total compensation for the role is $82,339, below the department median of $104,619.
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. Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations pays a median base salary of $73,424 for this role, 5% below that figure — about the 46th 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 Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations’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. Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 46th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations is $82,339, 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 Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations, the median of $82,339 ranks #1 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 Inspector roles 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/Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Arson Investigations, Matthew Robertson serves as a Fire Inspector 2. Their 2025 pay totaled $82,339.