Firefighters Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Firefighters positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$59,530

National average

Salary Range

$34,490 – $101,330

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Firefighters Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$164,940$68,600$183,090
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$121,270$79,790$145,580
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$108,320$64,440$138,880
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$105,250$56,610$119,650
Vallejo, CA$104,460$56,370$135,730
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$102,220$72,110$122,040
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$100,040$54,640$122,190
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$99,210$66,390$152,540
Longview-Kelso, WA$97,460$62,730$118,310
Washington$93,490$41,650$118,460
Bellingham, WA$93,170$44,730$111,820
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$90,180$63,790$115,910
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$88,970$45,230$101,980
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$88,860$52,370$116,500
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$88,440$43,130$122,250
Rochester, NY$88,380$53,030$89,340
New York$88,380$56,220$105,270
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$88,290$41,370$123,140
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$88,270$57,860$109,340
New Jersey$87,660$47,090$124,980
Port St. Lucie, FL$87,640$47,530$115,250
Ames, IA$86,140$37,430$86,140
Medford, OR$85,830$33,890$102,480
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$85,300$58,330$110,740
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$84,290$35,550$110,600
Modesto, CA$84,200$45,070$127,040
Corvallis, OR$83,680$40,510$98,800
California$83,400$51,580$143,830
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$82,000$40,370$121,800
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$80,780$64,450$87,010
Boulder, CO$80,330$51,890$108,280
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$80,300$34,160$81,730
Carson City, NV$80,110$41,540$97,440
District of Columbia$79,430$61,050$99,760
Salinas, CA$79,310$47,560$112,800
Abilene, TX$79,310$48,010$79,310
Kennewick-Richland, WA$79,210$36,390$92,870
Illinois$79,080$33,760$117,060
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,980$43,530$90,240
Napa, CA$78,780$55,550$107,390
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$78,410$63,340$81,260
Walla Walla, WA$78,380$43,460$81,330
New Haven, CT$78,090$52,320$85,200
Rockford, IL$78,060$31,110$89,230
Connecticut$77,660$48,580$86,140
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$77,590$36,180$101,140
Missoula, MT$77,390$47,350$82,400
Redding, CA$77,130$50,990$101,050
Stockton-Lodi, CA$77,100$51,490$130,270
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$76,920$34,510$96,850
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$76,880$46,490$87,740
Colorado$76,560$47,030$109,680
Lubbock, TX$76,450$39,900$90,010
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$75,590$49,020$117,650
Barnstable Town, MA$75,520$43,100$94,540
Fort Wayne, IN$75,510$48,300$87,420
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$75,230$51,000$110,870
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$75,160$45,250$86,360
Eugene-Springfield, OR$75,130$45,920$81,680
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$74,860$56,990$117,200
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$74,130$46,260$129,370
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$74,090$50,350$86,690
Idaho Falls, ID$73,940$61,650$95,430
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$73,930$48,910$98,550
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$73,700$47,330$119,940
Syracuse, NY$73,400$51,120$80,130
Oregon$73,270$35,010$102,920
Utica-Rome, NY$73,170$49,980$77,280
Binghamton, NY$73,150$52,560$90,010
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$73,130$48,810$96,680
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$73,130$38,110$99,080
Massachusetts$73,110$47,330$98,610
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$73,000$46,120$98,680
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$72,790$47,590$80,030
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$71,600$44,120$73,940
Pittsburgh, PA$71,430$32,790$74,380
Pennsylvania$71,430$34,820$90,240
Grand Forks, ND-MN$71,280$46,500$86,360
Columbus, OH$71,030$35,640$97,680
Albany, OR$70,700$47,640$81,940
Worcester, MA$70,620$46,020$85,010
Maryland$70,580$45,450$99,940
Yuba City, CA$70,400$43,210$96,190
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$70,120$46,260$100,680
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$69,780$37,990$91,180
Grand Junction, CO$69,680$44,130$89,010
Rhode Island$69,480$52,000$89,140
Pueblo, CO$68,890$45,430$107,320
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$68,790$38,130$94,120
Fresno, CA$68,600$46,260$104,620
Bloomington, IL$68,480$30,570$89,040
York-Hanover, PA$68,270$32,780$89,190
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$68,250$46,990$82,430
Billings, MT$68,200$52,070$70,080
Naples-Marco Island, FL$68,040$48,600$97,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$67,850$47,490$99,940
Muncie, IN$67,790$40,140$89,970
Elmira, NY$67,690$35,570$79,050
Evansville, IN$67,510$45,710$79,910
Bozeman, MT$67,450$58,160$99,160
Reno, NV$67,370$46,880$96,400
Nevada$67,120$48,170$97,440
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$67,010$52,930$81,930
Tuscaloosa, AL$66,890$35,950$87,530
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$66,880$44,050$86,690
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$66,860$42,790$88,080
Springfield, MA$66,820$57,380$74,280
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$66,540$44,780$85,290
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$66,290$36,970$88,940
Lincoln, NE$66,220$44,670$66,220
Janesville-Beloit, WI$66,100$29,950$84,600
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$65,520$48,470$85,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$65,440$49,130$90,340
Merced, CA$65,340$55,550$80,580
Cheyenne, WY$65,150$38,600$69,730
Erie, PA$64,990$34,820$94,610
Springfield, IL$64,610$33,140$75,930
Greeley, CO$64,550$47,470$104,090
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$64,520$38,970$71,160
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$64,440$36,190$96,000
Tyler, TX$64,340$40,650$88,470
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$64,230$46,840$85,130
Montana$64,020$46,640$78,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$63,830$41,330$73,920
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,730$46,340$85,710
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,730$36,090$86,690
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$63,650$35,480$71,300
Waco, TX$63,390$44,190$70,570
Anchorage, AK$63,360$28,580$75,530
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$63,300$37,220$77,660
Alaska$63,220$31,600$87,940
Decatur, IL$63,170$48,120$74,270
Akron, OH$63,110$37,270$87,250
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,040$37,440$90,930
Bend, OR$62,880$50,580$78,110
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$62,660$45,910$70,290
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$62,520$46,500$90,590
Cleveland, OH$62,460$37,610$77,830
Colorado Springs, CO$62,420$42,660$74,130
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$62,170$44,320$73,390
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,900$46,560$82,160
Omaha, NE-IA$61,760$47,210$65,240
Nebraska$61,760$45,120$69,400
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$61,760$47,580$76,370
Reading, PA$61,660$33,390$77,100
Salem, OR$61,650$45,910$73,940
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,640$43,330$90,580
Richmond, VA$61,510$38,510$78,220
Indiana$61,470$36,940$88,940
Sherman-Denison, TX$61,370$41,580$76,320
Peoria, IL$61,360$31,010$94,200
Champaign-Urbana, IL$61,340$31,200$88,280
Toledo, OH$61,260$36,400$76,890
Visalia, CA$61,100$34,050$90,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$61,100$37,350$70,330
Texas$60,840$42,430$76,840
Great Falls, MT$60,790$47,400$74,920
Lewiston, ID-WA$60,780$37,560$91,990
Manchester-Nashua, NH$60,770$34,480$86,850
Lima, OH$60,740$31,320$68,810
Cedar Rapids, IA$60,690$36,390$70,530
Appleton, WI$60,650$34,840$81,960
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$60,630$36,730$60,630
Kankakee, IL$60,560$32,870$77,920
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$60,530$48,170$104,480
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$60,440$30,750$69,470
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60,360$41,270$79,830
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$60,220$37,150$78,610
Madison, WI$59,990$27,690$77,960
St. Louis, MO-IL$59,880$33,540$94,970
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$59,820$44,520$73,840
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$59,780$44,120$87,310
Midland, MI$59,750$32,410$83,350
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,530$46,020$76,240
Ohio$59,470$35,420$87,160
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$59,440$43,480$75,160
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$59,420$35,890$85,940
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$59,410$35,570$75,150
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,300$37,140$75,180
Oklahoma City, OK$59,260$28,990$78,930
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$59,070$36,900$72,360
Kansas City, MO-KS$58,960$33,280$82,730
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$58,930$31,190$96,460
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$58,810$41,430$86,030
Flagstaff, AZ$58,690$37,340$77,760
Pittsfield, MA$58,680$33,630$73,010
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$58,660$35,120$69,530
Arizona$58,650$36,650$79,780
Laredo, TX$58,450$44,220$80,140
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$58,360$52,380$76,160
Florida$58,360$37,330$90,010
Killeen-Temple, TX$58,340$46,560$68,760
Virginia$58,300$38,280$78,220
Coeur d'Alene, ID$58,180$49,140$83,600
Iowa City, IA$58,000$32,150$58,000
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$58,000$35,420$67,850
Punta Gorda, FL$57,940$38,110$92,130
Lebanon, PA$57,910$32,490$73,230
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,690$42,500$76,810
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$57,620$39,300$77,370
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$57,420$34,480$91,090
New Hampshire$57,030$34,770$83,770
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$56,920$33,910$76,830
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$56,920$39,170$66,250
Vineland, NJ$56,330$40,090$84,410
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$55,940$34,790$73,610
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$55,780$32,180$85,850
Wichita Falls, TX$55,670$44,740$62,370
Michigan$55,570$37,440$78,590
Helena, MT$55,560$46,640$68,500
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$55,500$35,190$72,350
Lancaster, PA$55,440$37,480$80,300
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$55,410$37,210$70,330
Iowa$55,190$34,970$87,840
Ocala, FL$54,950$34,790$84,790
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$54,130$35,950$70,290
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$54,130$35,620$79,940
Boise City, ID$54,010$33,990$82,850
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$54,010$35,170$77,220
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$53,990$27,940$92,440
Ann Arbor, MI$53,940$35,080$64,230
El Centro, CA$53,880$34,280$97,320
Idaho$53,860$31,210$91,990
Chambersburg, PA$53,810$29,040$84,060
North Dakota$53,660$37,950$74,610
Fargo, ND-MN$53,660$35,300$74,610
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$53,630$35,420$73,740
Rochester, MN$53,540$33,690$88,750
Sumter, SC$53,470$42,630$61,530
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,400$35,430$55,190
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$53,290$37,340$81,480
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$52,870$41,450$85,800
Jacksonville, FL$52,770$40,120$83,120
Battle Creek, MI$52,720$38,030$63,730
Minot, ND$52,610$37,720$71,110
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$52,440$43,770$78,430
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$52,290$27,470$66,480
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,260$29,890$81,840
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,250$29,970$77,510
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,200$35,060$59,650
Tallahassee, FL$52,100$36,100$71,250
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$52,040$29,390$64,950
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$52,030$27,940$95,750
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$51,910$36,440$83,180
Wyoming$51,850$38,890$70,570
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$51,850$38,890$68,780
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$51,700$30,430$58,530
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$51,580$36,810$103,520
Green Bay, WI$51,580$29,210$72,820
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,440$33,240$52,000
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$51,410$39,720$66,830
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$51,180$34,080$76,540
Texarkana, TX-AR$50,960$32,130$60,870
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$50,890$30,860$77,920
El Paso, TX$50,890$35,840$63,340
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$50,790$36,750$67,120
Wheeling, WV-OH$50,750$35,350$60,210
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,750$39,000$78,880
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$50,710$37,250$75,990
Manhattan, KS$50,650$37,120$65,150
Yuma, AZ$50,650$36,510$66,750
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,650$38,280$72,630
Traverse City, MI$50,510$36,980$58,570
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$50,500$37,440$61,980
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$50,180$27,970$69,140
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$50,160$31,110$60,380
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$50,130$36,830$62,140
Charlottesville, VA$50,100$24,960$62,750
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$50,040$41,420$67,100
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,930$36,480$60,470
Birmingham, AL$49,900$32,600$78,480
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,500$36,320$68,550
Niles, MI$49,410$34,240$57,890
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$49,300$36,780$60,190
Hinesville, GA$49,280$35,140$62,130
Utah$49,270$35,890$81,240
Montgomery, AL$49,270$35,300$60,300
Columbus, GA-AL$49,260$41,810$61,070
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$49,210$35,570$81,270
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$49,130$38,210$77,750
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,110$41,970$74,300
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$49,080$29,030$70,750
Savannah, GA$49,050$33,640$71,390
Sebring, FL$49,000$34,890$63,730
Santa Fe, NM$48,990$39,470$63,340
Amarillo, TX$48,990$38,310$74,400
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$48,970$33,730$73,680
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$48,870$34,180$64,680
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,860$31,090$80,550
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,830$37,440$57,930
Dalton, GA$48,680$39,240$56,040
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$48,680$28,770$70,300
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,600$32,150$73,740
Tucson, AZ$48,530$35,930$59,980
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,520$31,330$65,530
Sandusky, OH$48,480$31,670$73,990
Missouri$48,470$29,910$76,960
Ogden, UT$48,430$36,640$69,820
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,390$20,840$100,290
Bangor, ME$48,340$31,890$60,660
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,290$36,750$58,500
Clarksville, TN-KY$48,270$29,380$62,090
Jackson, MI$48,170$41,120$70,970
Corpus Christi, TX$48,160$40,800$63,650
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,090$36,550$67,450
Delaware$48,060$40,560$72,380
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$47,960$34,440$61,900
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,930$35,010$75,580
Pocatello, ID$47,790$39,940$55,840
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,770$36,510$66,330
Wisconsin$47,710$31,200$77,960
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,710$29,120$76,320
Homosassa Springs, FL$47,680$31,990$74,640
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$47,640$33,650$81,120
South Dakota$47,520$35,650$62,140
Knoxville, TN$47,510$32,180$71,470
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,490$34,870$63,040
Alabama$47,490$30,880$73,360
Maine$47,490$33,900$63,040
Huntsville, AL$47,490$36,540$61,890
Kenosha, WI$47,410$35,990$71,880
San Angelo, TX$47,320$47,320$58,680
Casper, WY$47,320$40,020$60,380
Tennessee$47,300$32,480$71,300
Winchester, VA-WV$47,280$35,550$56,700
Oklahoma$47,270$28,990$76,700
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$47,230$35,650$60,680
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$47,200$27,940$85,290
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,150$29,420$76,570
Albany, GA$47,090$29,860$56,430
Tulsa, OK$47,070$29,380$70,820
Gainesville, FL$46,950$39,930$62,780
Bismarck, ND$46,920$38,260$58,570
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$46,880$39,680$77,260
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$46,770$35,450$61,390
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,700$30,990$76,310
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,650$24,960$58,380
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$46,640$37,060$60,950
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$46,550$32,330$74,270
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,540$36,850$76,010
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$46,530$29,370$73,140
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,530$34,430$64,260
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$46,480$31,600$62,080
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$46,470$30,860$64,220
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$46,440$31,420$63,730
Longview, TX$46,360$32,670$58,440
Gainesville, GA$46,350$37,060$58,310
Saginaw, MI$46,300$32,900$72,620
Mobile, AL$46,250$36,800$74,990
Enid, OK$46,220$26,750$75,160
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$46,200$31,670$66,380
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$46,160$40,870$54,240
Vermont$46,130$31,480$58,240
Raleigh-Cary, NC$46,050$28,150$65,140
Mansfield, OH$46,030$34,230$69,220
Lynchburg, VA$45,990$27,980$50,390
Topeka, KS$45,970$29,140$76,390
Georgia$45,970$33,290$61,530
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,970$31,090$61,320
South Carolina$45,960$29,220$64,010
Columbia, SC$45,960$30,030$58,450
Twin Falls, ID$45,950$22,820$101,050
Las Cruces, NM$45,890$36,080$64,330
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,790$26,660$64,100
Fairbanks-College, AK$45,760$25,520$75,630
Macon-Bibb County, GA$45,700$36,870$55,690
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,560$32,960$60,420
Bay City, MI$45,380$38,100$56,280
Youngstown-Warren, OH$45,330$30,510$66,560
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$45,310$31,480$58,240
Monroe, MI$45,260$37,420$59,210
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$45,160$40,640$51,960
Terre Haute, IN$45,110$35,400$68,050
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$45,090$29,650$60,560
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,830$38,810$54,670
Logan, UT-ID$44,810$36,870$66,280
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,800$34,480$57,050
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$44,780$34,020$59,840
Rocky Mount, NC$44,650$27,650$68,430
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,640$31,840$64,480
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$44,560$30,740$67,870
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$44,510$35,890$69,270
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,480$37,030$57,930
Harrisonburg, VA$44,420$36,670$57,170
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$44,380$34,460$59,220
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$44,370$35,810$59,220
Rome, GA$44,290$31,050$44,290
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,240$34,840$57,810
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$44,220$32,990$67,890
Kansas$44,060$31,030$76,390
Columbus, IN$44,020$33,860$71,480
Springfield, MO$44,000$27,870$58,120
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,920$31,200$63,730
Auburn-Opelika, AL$43,910$23,250$60,520
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,790$37,440$57,930
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,740$23,880$64,020
Lawrence, KS$43,540$33,430$69,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$43,470$32,480$76,110
St. Joseph, MO-KS$43,350$29,450$61,210
Wausau, WI$43,310$31,320$77,910
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$42,970$31,200$69,950
Mankato, MN$42,970$37,600$61,600
New Mexico$42,920$31,200$59,580
Albuquerque, NM$42,920$37,080$55,970
Duluth, MN-WI$42,900$28,660$55,070
Anniston-Oxford, AL$42,620$30,490$66,560
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$42,580$28,920$52,650
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$42,540$28,790$60,020
Valdosta, GA$42,510$27,610$49,000
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$42,440$32,110$49,380
Canton-Massillon, OH$42,430$31,270$61,430
Alexandria, LA$42,290$24,970$85,860
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$42,250$29,570$62,090
Arkansas$42,100$28,600$63,930
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$42,070$29,650$70,640
Minnesota$41,990$29,040$72,970
Jacksonville, NC$41,670$28,980$60,440
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$41,630$31,200$104,000
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$41,600$27,390$58,240
West Virginia$41,500$29,280$59,770
Beckley, WV$41,390$35,820$65,670
Eau Claire, WI$41,370$34,680$56,490
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$41,240$31,520$62,100
Paducah, KY-IL$41,180$29,130$84,210
Johnson City, TN$41,130$27,670$45,640
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,930$26,140$51,940
Grants Pass, OR$40,510$33,890$69,460
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$40,460$29,200$59,170
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$40,240$31,310$63,930
Dothan, AL$40,080$27,690$70,450
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$40,040$28,500$52,040
Springfield, OH$39,820$31,100$61,070
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,810$30,080$65,150
Wichita, KS$39,770$34,780$49,720
Spartanburg, SC$39,610$26,850$59,950
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$39,530$32,300$48,120
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$39,520$32,930$42,610
Puerto Rico$39,520$32,930$42,610
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,360$24,960$59,690
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,350$26,520$58,820
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$39,170$31,290$62,440
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,100$24,850$75,050
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$39,070$31,200$102,980
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$39,050$27,960$55,360
Warner Robins, GA$38,890$30,100$60,440
Roanoke, VA$38,880$27,980$58,590
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,880$32,150$60,550
St. George, UT$38,840$32,930$62,610
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,800$30,150$62,550
Decatur, AL$38,760$36,230$62,500
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,710$26,210$64,370
Flint, MI$38,650$33,820$59,780
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$38,480$29,310$49,860
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$38,480$24,850$44,540
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$38,480$26,510$80,910
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$38,370$34,380$58,390
Charleston, WV$38,340$30,000$49,650
Lake Charles, LA$38,070$22,960$53,270
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$38,060$27,750$47,680
Bloomington, IN$38,000$25,500$60,740
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,960$24,960$59,830
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$37,860$30,390$58,690
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,830$25,400$51,850
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,670$31,130$62,120
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$37,530$29,430$72,220
Jackson, TN$37,460$28,560$46,060
Wilmington, NC$37,400$29,390$51,070
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,320$26,720$48,070
North Carolina$37,250$28,360$64,140
Kentucky$37,140$26,680$58,860
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,120$25,520$46,240
Gadsden, AL$37,070$29,180$39,860
Asheville, NC$37,050$29,440$51,620
Yakima, WA$37,020$35,940$87,790
Mississippi$36,980$27,070$54,030
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,980$27,780$54,630
Lawton, OK$36,930$26,740$63,730
Lexington-Fayette, KY$36,920$30,530$58,860
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$36,900$30,160$57,950
Columbia, MO$36,880$25,580$47,420
Joplin, MO-KS$36,830$25,580$52,360
Burlington, NC$36,780$29,040$60,470
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,700$29,300$50,430
Jefferson City, MO$36,690$25,580$44,320
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$36,540$24,960$48,510
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,530$22,570$43,580
Morristown, TN$36,460$30,980$46,500
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,450$24,850$56,290
Fayetteville, NC$36,380$24,660$59,680
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$36,380$25,580$88,280
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$36,280$29,430$124,800
Lafayette, LA$36,060$25,120$49,210
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,990$23,880$53,910
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,970$23,880$45,760
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,700$27,960$63,340
Bowling Green, KY$35,660$29,290$47,410
Goldsboro, NC$35,640$27,970$60,420
Fort Smith, AR-OK$35,590$26,860$42,880
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,490$29,400$49,870
Winston-Salem, NC$35,430$28,300$47,520
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$35,410$24,960$47,050
Baton Rouge, LA$35,350$27,010$50,080
Fond du Lac, WI$34,890$25,120$63,640
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$34,790$29,040$55,270
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,470$27,500$50,400
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,320$28,360$58,080
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$34,280$23,710$63,540
Greenville, NC$33,910$29,060$46,820
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$33,870$22,250$55,560
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$33,870$22,680$61,490
Jonesboro, AR$33,720$29,240$58,300
Louisiana$33,700$23,320$52,080
Elizabethtown, KY$33,650$26,790$62,090
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$33,430$32,820$46,460
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,280$25,700$53,190
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$33,190$23,210$46,990
Hattiesburg, MS$32,990$27,070$38,530
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$32,910$25,030$53,060
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,630$26,550$54,120
Hot Springs, AR$32,520$27,770$41,810
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$32,380$26,170$43,230
Florence, SC$32,200$25,550$46,010
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,600$21,340$60,540
Jackson, MS$31,140$26,410$43,540
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,390$23,880$46,610
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,580$25,280$42,320
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$28,720$21,880$45,170
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$28,540$22,910$57,180
Monroe, LA$27,540$21,640$37,100
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$27,440$23,320$42,640
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,290$23,030$58,740
Hammond, LA$24,960$23,200$38,320
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$24,960$24,540$40,440

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Firefighters make?

The median annual salary for a Firefighters is $59,530, with a typical range of $34,490 – $101,330 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Firefighters?

Entry-level Firefighters positions typically start around $34,490 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Firefighterss earn the most?

Firefighterss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.

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