Metro Nashville / Fir Usd Fire Operations / Fire Engineer
Job-title file
Design, analyze, and oversee technical systems or infrastructure, ensuring they meet specifications and codes.
365 employees hold this title in Fir Usd 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. Fir Usd 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 Fir Usd 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 Usd 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 $25,000in 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 Usd 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 Fir Usd 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 Engineerroles 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 Engineer/Fir Usd Fire Operations
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James Gilmore holds the role of Fire Engineer at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $53,670.
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John Hooks works as a Fire Engineer for Fir Usd Fire Operations. John earned $53,416 in 2023.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, David Jones serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2020 pay totaled $53,323.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, Timothy Reed serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2021 pay totaled $53,218.
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Russell Hite works as a Fire Engineer for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Russell earned $53,202 in 2025.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, Kenneth Breedlove serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2019 pay totaled $52,615.
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Jermaine Holt is a Fire Engineer at Fir Usd Fire Operations. 2023 total compensation came to $51,956.
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Justin Champion works as a Fire Engineer for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Justin earned $51,612 in 2023.
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James Bledsoe works as a Fire Engineer for Fir Usd Fire Operations. James earned $51,526 in 2025.
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Kevin Wilson is a Fire Engineer at Fir Usd Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $51,431.
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Christopher Tomlinson works as a Fire Engineer for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Christopher earned $50,497 in 2019.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, James Mcclain serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2015 pay totaled $50,237.
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Cody Evans holds the role of Fire Engineer at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2023, their total compensation was $49,377.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, James Franklin serves as a Fire Engineer. Their 2025 pay totaled $48,413.
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Jamal Ramsey is a Fire Engineer at Fir Usd Fire Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $48,232.