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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At Fire, Jeff Deam serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $347,269.
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Scott Trotter holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $347,091.
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Carlos Gomez holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $346,419.
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At Fire, Felipe Ibarra serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $346,216.
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At Fire, Darren Gowdy serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $345,304.
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Anthony Ibarra works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Anthony earned $343,225 in 2025.
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At Fire, Joshua Shepard serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $342,131.
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Daniel Rudy is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $340,847.
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Gabriel Vega is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $340,483.
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Ryan Shea works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Ryan earned $337,022 in 2025.
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Asha Wagner works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Asha earned $336,157 in 2025.
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Robert Tran works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Robert earned $335,030 in 2025.
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Graham Flanagan holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $334,963.
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Pierre Delaye holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $332,941.
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At Fire, Michael Harkins serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $332,219.
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Joseph Rondone works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Joseph earned $331,384 in 2025.
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At Fire, Derrick Bradley serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $330,985.
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At Fire, Ryan Ira serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $330,678.
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Sean Kaldor works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Sean earned $327,552 in 2025.
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At Fire, Kevin Stidham serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $327,522.
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Travis Boelter holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $327,242.
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Blaine Willis is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $326,657.
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At Fire, James Mendoza serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $326,569.
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David Kurpinsky works as a Fire Captain for Fire. David earned $326,474 in 2025.
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Joshua Frantzich works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Joshua earned $325,486 in 2025.
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Ryan West holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $323,424.
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At Fire, Christopher Salcido serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $323,103.
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Gillian Boxx is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $322,263.
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Timothy Haag holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $321,539.