Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 191 people
How much does a fire engineer make in Nashville, TN?
$101,415typical pay for a fire engineer in 2025
$95,017 – $106,853what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 9.1% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where fire engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid fire engineers, 2025
- 1James K GuessFire Engineer · Metro Nashville$139,937
- 2Darryl A HerringFire Engineer · Metro Nashville$139,204
- 3Nathan PiattFire Engineer · Metro Nashville$138,837
- 4Gary Alan CastlemanFire Engineer · Metro Nashville$135,409
- 5Michael R CulbersonFire Engineer · Metro Nashville$134,260
Common questions
How much does a fire engineer make in Nashville, TN?
The typical fire engineer was paid $101,415 in 2025; most earned between $95,017 and $106,853. This counts all 191 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 9.0% of all pay for fire engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Fire Engineer, at any level (for example "Fire Engineer"). 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