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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Alfred Ignacio works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Alfred earned $417,835 in 2025.
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Tremaine Thierry works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Tremaine earned $417,749 in 2025.
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Fraser Thom is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $417,255.
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At Fire, Marc Haynes serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $415,723.
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Joe Pereira is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $412,558.
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At Fire, Michael Ferrito serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $411,582.
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James Aparicio is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $411,204.
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Jose Luna holds the role of Fire Captain at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $409,351.
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Tyler Matcham is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $407,779.
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At Fire, Eddie Warner serves as a Fire Captain. Their 2025 pay totaled $407,554.
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Thang Vo works as a Fire Captain for Fire. Thang earned $406,986 in 2025.
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David Lang is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $406,857.
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Christopher Pickup is a Fire Captain at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $402,853.