The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City 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 | $27,110 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,110.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of firefighters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $34,750 | -6.88% | 18.27% |
| 2021 | $37,140 | 12.36% | - |
| 2020 | $32,550 | -2.37% | - |
| 2019 | $33,320 | 8.10% | - |
| 2018 | $30,620 | -2.55% | - |
| 2017 | $31,400 | -2.04% | - |
| 2016 | $32,040 | -5.46% | - |
| 2015 | $33,790 | 1.54% | - |
| 2014 | $33,270 | 5.23% | - |
| 2013 | $31,530 | 9.93% | - |
| 2012 | $28,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,750 in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach is 49.0 percent (49.0%) lower than that in the highest paying West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach and 27.9 percent (27.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area.