Metro Nashville / Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations / Fire Engineer
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Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
365 employees hold this title in Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $79,813, above the department median of $79,281.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 365 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. Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations pays a median base salary of $77,977 for this role, 58% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, 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. Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 75th 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 312 of 365 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations is $79,813, 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 Engineer is held in 9 Metro Nashville departments. In Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, the median of $79,813 ranks #2 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Fire Engineer 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 5 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $83,677 ranks #4 of 5. See Fire Engineer across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Engineer 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.
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Record list
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Fire Engineer/Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Darryl Herring serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $139,204.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Gary Castleman serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $135,409.
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Delorean Jordan is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $130,627.
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Jason Jefcoat works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Jason earned $130,328 in 2025.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Justin Agnew serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $130,227.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Stephen Beiszer serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $127,775.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Jeffery Kirby serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $120,342.
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Howard Goad is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $120,274.
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Michael Wilson holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $120,131.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Robert Bogle serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2021 pay totaled $119,004.
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Daryl Perry holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $118,782.
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Robert Bryan holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $118,774.
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Joshua Payne holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $118,088.
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Nathan Piatt holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $117,873.
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Anthony Edwards works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Anthony earned $117,616 in 2025.
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Lauren Redding is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $116,440.
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Randall Tomlinson works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Randall earned $116,308 in 2025.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Charles Bamman serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $115,690.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Martin Newson serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $113,335.
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William Brandt holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $113,136.
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Robert Woodard holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $113,109.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Darrin Bell serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $110,805.
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Steven Milliken is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $110,466.
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Joseph Breedlove holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $110,086.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Stephen Johnson serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $109,667.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Jonathon Hooper serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $109,031.
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Joe Hill works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Joe earned $108,370 in 2025.
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Robert Osborne works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Robert earned $108,231 in 2025.
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Allen Parker works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Allen earned $108,007 in 2025.
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Justin Felts holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $107,789.
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Joel Adkins works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Joel earned $106,880 in 2025.
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Timothy Flowers is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $106,691.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Ricky Woodroof serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $106,644.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Shane Baker serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $106,550.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, Daniel Albright serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $106,191.
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Steven Bailey is a Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $106,171.
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Derrick Price works as a Fire Engineer for Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. Derrick earned $106,028 in 2025.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, William Ellen serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $105,971.
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At Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations, David Brasells serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $105,211.
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Colby Rainey holds the role of Fire Engineer at Nashville Fire Department, Urban Services District, Fire Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $105,173.