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Fire Captain Salary
in Bradley, Illinois

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$86,836 (USD)

Average Salary

$42/hr

Average Hourly

$3,326

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Fire Captain is $86,836 a year and $42 an hour in Bradley, Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Fire Captain is between $60,785 and $105,593. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Fire Captain. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Bradley, Illinois.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$97,540
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Bradley, Illinois

Bradley Cost of Living Score:

Description: Bradley (formerly North Kankakee) is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of the city of Kankakee. The population was 15,895 at the 2010 census, up from 12,784 at the 2000 census. Bradley is a principal city of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kankakee County. The county is also part of the larger Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area.
Description:
  • Supervises and coordinates activities of company of fire fighters assigned to specific firehouse.
  • Responds to fire alarms and determines from observation nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and source of water supply, and directs firefighting crews accordingly.
  • Trains subordinates in use of equipment and methods of extinguishing all types of fires.
  • Evaluates efficiency of personnel.
  • Inspects station house, buildings, grounds, and facilities, and examines firetrucks and equipment, such as ladders and hoses, to ensure compliance with departmental maintenance standards.
  • Inspects commercial establishments in assigned district and reports fire hazards or safety violations to fire inspector.
  • Compiles report of each fire call, listing location, type, probable cause, estimated damage, and disposition.
  • May respond to emergency calls to render first aid.
  • May recommend corrective measures for fire hazards or safety violations to building owners.
  • May conduct fire drills for occupants of buildings.
  • May supervise and coordinate activities of fire companies fighting multiple alarm fire until relieved by superiors.
  • May write and submit proposal for new equipment or modification of existing equipment to superiors.
  • May be designated fire lieutenant in larger organizations.
  • May be designated according to specialty as fire captain, marine; fire lieutenant, marine.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Fire Captain is $86,836 a year and $42 an hour in Bradley, Illinois, United States. The average salary range for a Fire Captain is between $60,785 and $105,593. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Fire Captain. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Bradley, Illinois.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Fire Captain Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

Job family population: 84,120

Estimated population of Fire Captain jobs: 18,121

Rate of error: 0.8%

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Bradley Cost of Living Score:

Description: Bradley (formerly North Kankakee) is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of the city of Kankakee. The population was 15,895 at the 2010 census, up from 12,784 at the 2000 census. Bradley is a principal city of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kankakee County. The county is also part of the larger Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area.
Description:
  • Supervises and coordinates activities of company of fire fighters assigned to specific firehouse.
  • Responds to fire alarms and determines from observation nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and source of water supply, and directs firefighting crews accordingly.
  • Trains subordinates in use of equipment and methods of extinguishing all types of fires.
  • Evaluates efficiency of personnel.
  • Inspects station house, buildings, grounds, and facilities, and examines firetrucks and equipment, such as ladders and hoses, to ensure compliance with departmental maintenance standards.
  • Inspects commercial establishments in assigned district and reports fire hazards or safety violations to fire inspector.
  • Compiles report of each fire call, listing location, type, probable cause, estimated damage, and disposition.
  • May respond to emergency calls to render first aid.
  • May recommend corrective measures for fire hazards or safety violations to building owners.
  • May conduct fire drills for occupants of buildings.
  • May supervise and coordinate activities of fire companies fighting multiple alarm fire until relieved by superiors.
  • May write and submit proposal for new equipment or modification of existing equipment to superiors.
  • May be designated fire lieutenant in larger organizations.
  • May be designated according to specialty as fire captain, marine; fire lieutenant, marine.
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