The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $38,290 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,010 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,750 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,290.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of firefighters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $60,010 | -6.28% | 12.71% |
| 2021 | $63,780 | 20.90% | - |
| 2020 | $50,450 | 1.59% | - |
| 2019 | $49,650 | -5.50% | - |
| 2018 | $52,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,010 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Watertown-Fort Drum is 30.3 percent (30.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 3.8 percent (3.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.