The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Dover-Durham, New Hampshire is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters in Dover-Durham 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 | $32,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Dover-Durham, New Hampshire in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,170.
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 | $49,470 | -1.33% | 15.28% |
| 2021 | $50,130 | 18.07% | - |
| 2020 | $41,070 | 3.53% | - |
| 2019 | $39,620 | -10.20% | - |
| 2018 | $43,660 | -8.66% | - |
| 2017 | $47,440 | 11.66% | - |
| 2016 | $41,910 | 9.21% | - |
| 2015 | $38,050 | -10.14% | - |
| 2012 | $41,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,470 in Dover-Durham is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of New Hampshire. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Dover-Durham is 21.3 percent (21.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford and 61.4 percent (61.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area.