California · 2025 pay · 457 people
How much does a fire captain range b make in California?
$189,516typical pay for a fire captain range b in 2025
$167,079 – $218,757what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 9.2% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
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Common questions
How much does a fire captain range b make in California?
The typical fire captain range b was paid $189,516 in 2025; most earned between $167,079 and $218,757. This counts all 457 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 33.5% of all pay for fire captain range bs in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Fire Captain Range B, at any level (for example "Fire Captain Range B"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this