City of San Jose / Fire / Fire Captain
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
181 employees hold this title in Fire. Median total compensation for the role is $352,297, above the department median of $270,889.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 181 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 $199,072 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 64th 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 113% 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 178 of 181 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 $352,297, 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 19 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $352,297 ranks #2 of 19. See Fire Captain across all of City of San Jose →
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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Tyson Rollins works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Tyson earned $321,072 in 2025.
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Ronald Curry holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $320,920.
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At Fire, Bradley Orr serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $320,770.
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Mark Wong works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Mark earned $320,423 in 2025.
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Nick Bello holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $318,704.
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At Fire, Benjamin Naranjo serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $318,076.
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At Fire, Jacob Rhodes serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $317,495.
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Kristopher Klay is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $315,079.
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Scott Bell holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $314,375.
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At Fire, Cuong Tong serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $313,688.
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At Fire, Richard Folia serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $312,594.
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Jon Walsh works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Jon earned $311,799 in 2025.
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Gerald Iii holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $309,635.
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At Fire, Nicholas Levendosky serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $309,392.
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At Fire, Michael Castaneda serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $309,270.
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Jon Olson holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $306,912.
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Jason Blinn is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $306,734.
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Lars Melodia is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $305,929.
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Joshua Ellis holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $305,648.
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Patrick Hayes is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $304,723.
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Vivian Lo is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $304,620.
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Lawrence Chua works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Lawrence earned $303,995 in 2025.
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Sage Pelot works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Sage earned $303,278 in 2025.
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Scott Nelson holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $302,598.
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Brandon Mcveigh holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $298,965.
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Harold Boscovich is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $297,931.
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Donald Alexander works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Donald earned $297,455 in 2025.
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Jeffery Tomlinson is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $296,956.