Metro Nashville / Fir Usd Fire Operations / Firefighter 3
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
8 employees hold this title in Fir Usd Fire Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $70,455, below the department median of $79,281.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 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 $66,065 for this role, 34% above that figure — about the 83rd 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 11% above that national figure, about the 59th 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 Fir Usd Fire Operations is $70,455, 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
Firefighter 3 is held in 2 Metro Nashville departments. In Fir Usd Fire Operations, the median of $70,455 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Firefighter 3 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 20 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $70,455 ranks #11 of 20. See Firefighter across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Firefighter 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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Firefighter 3/Fir Usd Fire Operations
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Timothy Dickens is a Firefighter 3 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. 2016 total compensation came to $77,267.
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Darryl Herring holds the role of Firefighter 3 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $77,023.
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James Ransford works as a Firefighter 3 for Fir Usd Fire Operations. James earned $72,274 in 2016.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, Gerald Lindsey serves as a Firefighter 3. Their 2016 pay totaled $71,092.
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Norman Hymer holds the role of Firefighter 3 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $69,818.
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At Fir Usd Fire Operations, David Vaughn serves as a Firefighter 3. Their 2015 pay totaled $69,408.
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Kristian Murphy holds the role of Firefighter 3 at Fir Usd Fire Operations. In 2016, their total compensation was $67,758.
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Raymond Nash Jr works as a Firefighter 3 for Fir Usd Fire Operations. Raymond earned $67,572 in 2016.