Metro Nashville / Fir Usd Fire Operations / Fire Fighter 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
263 employees hold this title in Fir Usd Fire Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $20,742, below the department median of $79,281.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 263 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 $62,896 for this role, 28% above that figure — about the 79th 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 6% above that national figure, about the 55th 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 711 of 1,011 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 $52,966, 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 Fighter 1 is held in 3 Metro Nashville departments. In Fir Usd Fire Operations, the median of $20,742 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Fire Fighter 1 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 8 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $59,990 ranks #7 of 8. See Fire Fighter across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Fighterroles 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 Fighter 1/Fir Usd Fire Operations
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Katie Justice holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $16,136.
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Mario Mendoza holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $16,136.
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Blaise Thomas holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $16,136.
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Tyler Anderson works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Tyler earned $16,084 in 2022.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, Malcolm Bonner serves as a Fire Fighter 1. Their 2022 pay totaled $16,084.
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Garlon Russell holds the role of Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2022, their total compensation was $16,084.
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Demario Mitchell works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Demario earned $15,979 in 2022.
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Mitchell Murphy is a Fire Fighter 1 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. 2022 total compensation came to $15,979.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, Matthew Tijerina serves as a Fire Fighter 1. Their 2022 pay totaled $15,979.
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Jarriett Toney works as a Fire Fighter 1 for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Jarriett earned $15,979 in 2022.