The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $41,340 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,280 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $66,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $78,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $90,160 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $90,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,340.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of firefighters from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $66,590 | 0.69% | 1.31% |
| 2016 | $66,130 | 7.42% | - |
| 2015 | $61,220 | -4.97% | - |
| 2014 | $64,260 | 2.61% | - |
| 2013 | $62,580 | -5.02% | - |
| 2012 | $65,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,590 in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is 2.3 percent (2.3%) lower than that in the highest paying West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach and 62.4 percent (62.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.