Metro Nashville / Unknown Department / Fire Captain
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
206 employees hold this title in Unknown Department. Median total compensation for the role is $107,054, above the department median of $39,357.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 206 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 First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 730 people — is $80,720. Unknown Department pays a median base salary of $100,969 for this role, 25% above that figure — about the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 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 Unknown Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 99,140 people — is $93,530. Unknown Department’s median base salary is 8% above that national figure, about the 57th 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 183 of 206 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 Unknown Department is $107,054, 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 Captain is held in 14 Metro Nashville departments. In Unknown Department, the median of $107,054 ranks #1 of 14.
Median total compensation for the Fire Captain 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 19 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $100,717 ranks #15 of 19. See Fire Captain across all of Metro Nashville →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Captainroles 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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At Unknown Department, Barry Ellis serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2024 pay totaled $107,276.
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At Unknown Department, Kenneth Reasonover serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2024 pay totaled $107,174.
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At Unknown Department, John Carpenter serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2024 pay totaled $107,165.
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Timothy Hampton is a Fire Captain at Unknown Department. 2024 total compensation came to $107,144.
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Patrick Griffin is a Fire Captain at Unknown Department. 2024 total compensation came to $107,122.
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Carla Pewitt works as a Fire Captain for Unknown Department. Carla earned $107,080 in 2024.
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Shawn Prim works as a Fire Captain for Unknown Department. Shawn earned $107,027 in 2024.
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Terry Hollis is a Fire Captain at Unknown Department. 2024 total compensation came to $106,988.
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Constance Swett holds the role of Fire Captain at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $106,677.
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Solomon Schroeder holds the role of Fire Captain at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $106,557.
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Alfred Baltz is a Fire Captain at Unknown Department. 2024 total compensation came to $105,817.
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Brian Biggs holds the role of Fire Captain at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $105,814.
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Matthew Judd works as a Fire Captain for Unknown Department. Matthew earned $105,803 in 2024.
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Jeffrey Dragan holds the role of Fire Captain at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $105,468.