The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of firefighters in Mount Vernon-Anacortes 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 | $40,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $57,670 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,700 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $88,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $92,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $92,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,580.
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 | $80,700 | 9.94% | 21.35% |
| 2021 | $72,680 | 10.69% | - |
| 2020 | $64,910 | 29.66% | - |
| 2019 | $45,660 | 14.85% | - |
| 2017 | $38,880 | -58.23% | - |
| 2016 | $61,520 | 9.53% | - |
| 2014 | $55,660 | 32.55% | - |
| 2013 | $37,540 | -69.07% | - |
| 2012 | $63,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $80,700 in Mount Vernon-Anacortes is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Mount Vernon-Anacortes is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 61.2 percent (61.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Washington nonmetropolitan area.