City of Philadelphia / Pfd Fire / Fire Battalion Chief
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Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
94 employees hold this title in Pfd Fire. Median total compensation for the role is $45,592, above the department median of $33,557.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 94 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 950 people — is $101,050. Pfd Fire pays a median base salary of $31,284 for this role, 69% below that figure — below the 10th 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Pfd Fire’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. Pfd Fire’s median base salary is 67% below that national figure, below the 10th 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 76 of 94 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 Pfd Fire is $45,592, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In City of Philadelphia, the median of $45,592 ranks #3 of 3. See Fire Battalion Chief across all of City of Philadelphia →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Battalion Chief 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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Eric Johnson is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2024 total compensation came to $314,223.
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Hugh Woodhouse holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2025, their total compensation was $269,927.
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Joseph Sulpazo is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2020 total compensation came to $183,033.
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John Garrow is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2025 total compensation came to $178,369.
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Christopher Beale works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Christopher earned $172,828 in 2025.
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George Drew holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2023, their total compensation was $158,859.
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William Mc Peak works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. William earned $156,705 in 2024.
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At Pfd Fire, Anne Marie Lewandowski serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2021 pay totaled $152,194.
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Athanasios Verros is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2023 total compensation came to $138,003.
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Robert Clark works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Robert earned $99,180 in 2021.
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Shawn Glynn is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2025 total compensation came to $96,603.
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Joseph Montague is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2020 total compensation came to $95,240.
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At Pfd Fire, William Dell serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2020 pay totaled $83,453.
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Dennis Philipp holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2024, their total compensation was $82,790.
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At Pfd Fire, Carl Broll serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2020 pay totaled $80,237.
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Thomas Mcdonald holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2020, their total compensation was $60,674.
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Kareem Brown is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $55,898.
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Joseph Conroy works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Joseph earned $54,429 in 2026.
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At Pfd Fire, Robert Kennedy Jr serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $53,691.
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At Pfd Fire, Devon Richio serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $51,240.
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Daniel Oakes works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Daniel earned $50,255 in 2026.
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Bernard Newsome works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Bernard earned $49,863 in 2026.
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At Pfd Fire, Brandon Wilson serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $49,270.
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David Abecunas works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. David earned $49,099 in 2026.
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At Pfd Fire, Edward Kozole Iii serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $49,042.
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Eric Snyder holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2026, their total compensation was $48,839.
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James Mckenna Iii works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. James earned $48,785 in 2026.
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Michael Meskill is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $48,774.
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At Pfd Fire, Ryan Johnson serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $48,604.
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At Pfd Fire, Vincent Coughlin serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $48,478.
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June Kearney is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $48,405.
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At Pfd Fire, Matthew Wnek serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $48,207.
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Gabriel Aponte works as a Fire Battalion Chief for Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. Gabriel earned $47,576 in 2026.
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At Pfd Fire, Timothy Skala serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $47,457.
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Kevin Donahue holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2026, their total compensation was $47,440.
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Patrick Moran holds the role of Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. Their status is salaried. In 2026, their total compensation was $46,956.
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At Pfd Fire, Daniel Cowden serves as a Fire Battalion Chief. They work salaried. Their 2026 pay totaled $46,788.
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Jeffrey Beatrice is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $46,470.
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Hector Sierra is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $45,863.
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Theodore Quedenfeld is a Fire Battalion Chief at Pfd Fire. They work salaried. 2026 total compensation came to $45,799.