City of San Jose / Fire / Battalion Chief
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Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
26 employees hold this title in Fire. Median total compensation for the role is $422,208, above the department median of $270,889.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 26 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 210 people — is $171,740. Fire pays a median base salary of $245,937 for this role, 43% above that figure — above the 90th 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows 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. Fire’s median base salary is 163% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 25 of 26 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 Fire is $422,208, 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 7 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $422,208 ranks #1 of 7. See Battalion Chief across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Battalion Chiefroles 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 Fire, Josiah Staley serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $517,515.
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Joseph Crivello is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $509,881.
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At Fire, Shawn Tacklind serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $481,371.
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Michael Maas is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $466,345.
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Brett Maas works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. Brett earned $464,972 in 2025.
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At Fire, Mark Thomas serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $460,606.
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Brad Morales-Mcgibben is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $449,504.
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At Fire, Javier Ascencio serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $443,484.
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William Lovens works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. William earned $433,205 in 2025.
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At Fire, Aaron Herman serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $429,522.
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At Fire, Robert Herrera serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $424,557.
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At Fire, Bennett Yendrey serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $424,195.
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At Fire, Robert Culbertson serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $422,943.
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John Cloutier is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $421,473.
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Sean Ain works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. Sean earned $414,738 in 2025.
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Brendan Buller is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $413,375.
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At Fire, Daniel Vega serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $403,862.
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Dennis Bell works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. Dennis earned $402,730 in 2025.
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At Fire, Alonso Ochoa serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $398,216.
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Jeffrey Fielding holds the role of Battalion Chief at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $390,776.
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At Fire, Jason Bivens serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $376,448.
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John Lee is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $375,629.
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Gregory Tuyor works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. Gregory earned $367,323 in 2025.
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Chris Fabiny is a Battalion Chief at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $366,373.
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Leia Diaz works as a Battalion Chief for Fire. Leia earned $359,397 in 2025.
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At Fire, Cesar Martinez serves as a Battalion Chief. Their 2025 pay totaled $120,090.