Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 192 people
How much does a fire captain make in Nashville, TN?
$119,622typical pay for a fire captain in 2025
$112,227 – $128,277what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 10.1% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where fire captains work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid fire captains, 2025
- 1Daniel M PeeplesFire Captain · Metro Nashville$176,516
- 2Robert T. CarpenterFire Captain · Metro Nashville$158,462
- 3Michael Stephen VantasselFire Captain · Metro Nashville$152,677
- 4Guy E. WilletteFire Captain · Metro Nashville$150,913
- 5Barry D. ByersFire Captain · Metro Nashville$150,593
Common questions
How much does a fire captain make in Nashville, TN?
The typical fire captain was paid $119,622 in 2025; most earned between $112,227 and $128,277. This counts all 192 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 10.8% of all pay for fire captains in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Fire Captain, at any level (for example "Fire Captain"). 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