Louisville Metro firefighter salary, 2025
Louisville Fire is Louisville Metro's fire department. Jefferson County's suburban fire districts are separate employers and aren't in Louisville Metro's payroll.1 222 people worked as firefighters for Louisville Metro in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $84,654, overtime included.
What is the average firefighter salary at Louisville Metro?
Based on the 183 of 222 firefighters who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $83,512
- the middle firefighter: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $29,679
- average per full-year firefighter
- Highest-paid title
- $84,654
- Firefighter, average total pay
- Firefighters
- 222
- 183 of them worked the full year
What does each firefighter title at Louisville Metro pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Firefighter$84,654
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Fire engineer, captain and battalion chief pay at Louisville Metro
Ranks above firefighter, kept out of the firefighter figures on this page. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighters | 222 | $84,654 |
| Engineers | 98 | $100,561 |
| Captains | 113 | $114,428 |
| Battalion Chiefs | 24 | $142,917 |
Full-year captains averaged $114,428, $29,774 more than firefighters.
Questions about firefighter pay at Louisville Metro
What is the average firefighter salary at Louisville Metro?
Firefighters at Louisville Metro who worked the full year earned an average of $84,654 in 2025, overtime included. The middle firefighter earned $83,512: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do firefighters at Louisville Metro earn?
Full-year firefighters were paid an average of $29,679 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $28,930: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
How much does a fire captain make at Louisville Metro?
Full-year captains at Louisville Metro averaged $114,428 in total pay in 2025, overtime included.
More public salaries at Louisville Metro
- Police officer salaries at Louisville Metro$112,274 average total pay
- 911 dispatcher salaries at Louisville Metro$100,547 average total pay
- Correctional officer salaries at Louisville Metro$82,100 average total pay
- Librarian salaries at Louisville Metro$62,903 average total pay
- Paramedic and EMT salaries at Louisville Metro$111,116 average total pay
Sources for the Louisville Metro figures
Every person who held a firefighter position at Louisville Metro at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who were already on Louisville Metro's payroll in 2024 and whose base pay in 2025 reached at least 90% of their own annual rate. The file has no hours or hire dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Firefighters on the 56-hour week are paid part of every regular week as overtime, so for them base pay and overtime together must reach 90% of the annual rate, and their overtime figure includes those scheduled hours. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro KY Employee Salary Data (Louisville Open Data): title, department, annual rate, base pay, overtime, incentive and other pay of every Louisville Metro employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.