The annual salary statistics of firefighters in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of firefighters in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 | $49,590 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $63,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $78,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $83,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $105,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $78,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,590.
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 | $78,120 | -1.47% | -6.05% |
| 2021 | $79,270 | -15.52% | - |
| 2020 | $91,570 | 4.10% | - |
| 2019 | $87,820 | 2.25% | - |
| 2018 | $85,840 | 11.14% | - |
| 2017 | $76,280 | 1.40% | - |
| 2016 | $75,210 | 2.01% | - |
| 2015 | $73,700 | -16.17% | - |
| 2014 | $85,620 | 1.48% | - |
| 2013 | $84,350 | 1.78% | - |
| 2012 | $82,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $78,120, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for firefighters in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary of $86,070). Compared with New York-White Plains-Wayne, the median annual salary of firefighters in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 9.2 percent (9.2%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Rochester | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Syracuse | |
| Kingston | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Binghamton | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Watertown-Fort Drum | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |