The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of firefighters in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $46,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $55,430 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $98,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,310.
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 | $64,290 | -1.07% | 13.28% |
| 2016 | $64,980 | 3.89% | - |
| 2015 | $62,450 | 5.52% | - |
| 2014 | $59,000 | 4.44% | - |
| 2013 | $56,380 | 1.12% | - |
| 2012 | $55,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,290 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 1.7 percent (1.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton and 64.4 percent (64.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Springfield | |
| Worcester | |
| Peabody | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| New Bedford | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Framingham | |
| Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Pittsfield | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area |