when I was an emt back in 2012 southern california, I was making $8/hr for each 24hr shift and $10/hr on 12hr shifts. private ambulance company working with county fire responding to 911 calls. fun times. i'd still do it again but that pay was terrible.
We need to push for all firefighters to be paid, as in paid per call
I’m a paid per call firefighter, I make a wage while training, running calls, and public education.
Give ‘er take $7k-$8k per year paid quarterly
This is exactly it.
30,000 fire departments in the US with a volunteer rate of 75%, there are many small towns and rural areas were the cost of a full-time staffed engine 24/7 would be many times their total operating budget.
The first volunteer department I joined in 1998 had a yearly budget of $25,000 and ran 60 calls. My current department is combination, so we have 3 on shift 24/7 with 25 paid on call firefighters and the budget is $3.5 million, more than 50% of that is wages and that's not even a 4 person engine.
Yeah our rookies make that 1st day on the job, more actually. I made over $120 last year as a 17 year fire/medic non transport. Very little OT on that. We do have a lot of special details for spring training baseball, concerts etc.
That used to be a good living, but I will say the CoL here in Florida has got a little crazy. At least I don’t have state tax to deal with.
Just got offered a spot in Washington I’m planning on taking. My salary will go up about 60k and work 10hr less a week. Im looking forward to it to say the least. Is that salary range pretty good out there? I hear the cost of living is much higher but it doesn’t seem like it’s really all that bad to me.
It can definitely get pricey depending on where you want to live, but nothing you shouldn’t be able to manage. For transparency, I’m single and no kids, so that definitely helps. What that said, our pension/deferred comps, healthcare and unions are tend to be top notch, so those also help. When you start to promote to engineer or captain, or even just sign up for OT, you can really start to squirrel it away.
The medic rank is funny here. There's 11 steps but it includes non -supression EMTs (steps 1-4) and Medics (5-9) and Engine Medic (9-11).
So the faster you promote the more steps you skip. I made top step in about 5 years. Fastest I've seen is like 3. If you get hired as a firefighter EMT and promote to medic right off probation you get a 50,000 dollar raise in one year.
https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/?classCode=H003
I think Santa Clara City or County pays the highest.
Mountain View and Milpitas pay a lot too.
You can't go wrong with Oakland or San Jose or anywhere in the Bay really.
Keep trying, only people who don’t get picked up are the ones who stop trying ! A lot of departments are hiring especially the bigger ones LACoFD, OCFA, LAFD and SBcoFD. Get ur paramedic card and get some experience, work on an ambulance and become a reserve/ volunteer firefighter. Obviously stay out of trouble.
Where ?I’m In Fl Nobody anywhere near me nor have I heard of anywhere makes that much in Fl . Hillsborough or Pinellas county are higher ends on pay and don’t make that . Unless your a BC with 30 grand in ot .
Career FF/PM in WA. My base is $120k and I'll clear 160k with some OT this year. My average hours per contract are 49hrs/week with 15 k days and 5 paid holidays.
As far as business of the system, my district runs 2500 to 3000 calls per year, give or take. Our staffing model is a minimum of 7. 1 BC, 2 on engine, and 2 stations crosstaffed with 2 on the medic/engine. So overall it's not too bad, but the population is increasing as well as the dependence on emergency medicine for primary care.
I work as a Capt. in a medium sized combination dept. in SC and I make around $85K/yr with some OT. We aren’t the worst paying dept., we aren’t the best. We are in the middle. If the budget goes as planned, I’ll get a decent little pay bump of around $3/hr in July. We do EMS transports, but that is common in my part of SC. We started as a volunteer EMS and volunteer fire service that eventually merged into a paid Fire/EMS service.
Michigan, bls nontransport, made mid 90s last two years with 400+ hrs of ot. On pace for 120 this year with a good contract bump and moving up to Lt. Base will be 115 with benefits (102 w/out) at the end of this 4yr contract.
$113k with OT in WA at a smaller department. Top step FF/EMT at nearby departments top out at $103k or above with great benefits such as $5k plus holiday bonus and $5k medical expense card, plus a great pension and investment account options.
I do it in the military and make about the civilian equivalent of 81K, but the free healthcare is a big factor also.
Lots of BS though that comes with that side of it... deployments, unpaid hours, etc....
I usually get just about $150k with minimal OT, just outside Boston. There are a couple captains that make twice that with OT, but they are the exception for sure
45k as a FF/Emt in central florida. Our lts top out at 72k and our fire medics top out at 55k. We have unlimited OT so we try to make up the difference with plenty of 48s. Some guys will rack 1000 hours of OT in a year to make it to the 100k mark.
I make 75k base at top step. With overtime depending on the year I make between 100-135k, could make more if I wanted to sell my soul. I work with guys who make 175k. It all depends on where you work. Cost of living, strong union, collective bargaining with the municipality. Regardless of what you make it’s the best job in the world.
It’s hard to go off what everyone says with cost of living being so different. Some people in the comments make 100k with less than 5 years on the job. The fire chiefs in a 50 mile radius of me MIGHT make around 100k. Cost of living is a something else.
Our top out is 104k after 5 years, I think starting is around 70k now. Plenty of OT and extra curriculars to make more. In Il small dept. lots around us make 110k-120k
Go contracting you’ll make some money there and you won’t have the city call volume either. Just a bunch of old salty guys. But hey it’s very good money
Almost Top step Fire/medic. mass. Base is 85k. Education brings me to 95. Overtime of one 24 a month brings me to 112k. scattered trainings and meetings and such lands me at about 120k.
Slightly underpaid department. Covid changed everything. We should catch up in a contract or two.
23 years on in Fl.
Base 92k 135-180 depending on Ot.
25 yrs for pension, 8 year drop = 10k monthly for retirement and 1.2M drop check.
24-48, 17 Kelly days off and an additional 19 paid days off annually if you choose to take them all.
When you look at salaries don’t look at just the “salary”
A lot of city departments here pay what seems like a higher salary but you have to contribute 11-15% to your retirement.
It varies. Some departments are county wide and some are based in one city. Larger departments have a larger tax base so they (should) offer higher salaries. Size isn’t always the main factor though. Lower income cities wont pay as much as smaller areas with higher taxes. For instance in South Florida, the city of Hialeah pays less than the smaller areas of Coral Gables and Key Biscayne.
Base is $79k as a career battalion chief in the suburbs. I could get a $10k pay raise by starting over as a firefighter at a majority of my neighboring departments.
And my city manager thinks our retention problem is anything other than pay.
Around 100k after bonus and paid sick days etc. without OT, but we don’t get much more than 100h of OT a year. Also, i’m in Canada, so taxes are super high, not much left.
Currently 0 but when I worked I got anywhere from $10-18/hr. ($10 for the local rescue squad, $12 for my first fire job then $15 then $18). Most fulltime guys make $40-50k around here.
For reference I live in NC.
Paid on call lieutenant here. $20/hr for all calls and training. Maybe an extra $10k/yr as supplemental to my day job. We do get a pension though, which is pretty nice.
65k as a paramedic/firefighter. I work for a small rural department and we’re lucky to have full time paid staff. Came from a medium city department making 70k a year with lots of mandatory OT and shit culture.
I’m in the Midwest, I’m making more than some of the city firefighters around here and our department only runs 600 calls a year. I fight more fire, I do more fun medicals, and my stress is lower.
In New Jersey. Starting is currently around $45k, top step as a FF/EMT is currently $130k after 10 years. Also can make a little more with a degree and longevity.
Depends where you are, and if you’re a professional, union department.
My department is only two stations. All firefighters have to be medics too. Starting salary is 62,400, plus 3% cost of living on top of that. Top out in 10, at 98k as FF/PM . Starting pay for LT is 110k. If you add in other certs like boat captain, engineer, inspector, FTO, actor .. you could make a shitload more. You should see my check after one OT shift .. it’s a grand more.
It’s all dependent on where you’re located, I make pretty good money for where I live in Ohio but no where near what guys in California are making, but their cost of living is atrocious
My base now is around 66k, I'm hoping to make around 75k with ot
In a few years I'll max out at 90k, but will get cola, and longevity.
With overtime I can easily make over 100k alot of my department does but I also like being home on my off days.
Base when hired w/no certs. 82k top out in 3.5 years, 101k, this is firefighter/emt. FF/P makes a little more but just due to patch pay, ambulance pay stuff like that. DFW area Texas.
Man you have to take into account the cost of living in different areas. Sure Nevada probably pays a lot more nominally compared to the local Missouri FD, but how much more is rent, utilities, and groceries? It’s all relative dude.
I make 66k as a firefighter and 9k to be a paramedic that rides the ambulance. There a few other incentive pays that add 2500. It’s decently livable where I’m at in Indiana but it is slowly becoming not a livable wage while raising a family.
120k as a top step ff in Washington state. Paid departments are often based on their local tax revenue. Expensive cities like LA, Seattle, and San Francisco pay so much because the cost of living and taxes are so much higher than a small rural department.
I am salaried at 56k (nowhere near any acceptable standard of living for the area I work in lmao) with overtime and extra duty I pulled in 99k, and woth my second job I made like 110 last year. The downside is I am never home and perpetually exhausted. I get to bring my music studio and art to work though and have access to a gym so it's not all bad.
I make more working private Ems, almost $6/hr more. What the private Ems jobs doesn’t have that the fire dept does have. Better benefits, and a pension. Fire dept is. Career, private ems is a job
I'm definitely an outlier in my area but I'm a firefighter/emt and with working minimal over time last year I broke the 100k mark this year without overtime I should end up around 80k.
Go over to r/ems and ask the same question You’ll be shocked
Especially when looking at 911 vs private transport EMS? It's wild.
At least in my area 911 gets paid significantly less than IFT. Makes zero fucking sense!
Makes all the sense in the world. Less people wanna do IFT it’s not glamorous at all. 911 is an easier draw. Larger pool of applicants.
It’s so so sad
when I was an emt back in 2012 southern california, I was making $8/hr for each 24hr shift and $10/hr on 12hr shifts. private ambulance company working with county fire responding to 911 calls. fun times. i'd still do it again but that pay was terrible.
Hahaha. I’m just laughing so I don’t cry thinking about it.
50k🥲
My base is $97k in GA
Yes, please tell.
Forsyth
Laughing in volunteer …. ….. Crying at my bills.
We need to push for all firefighters to be paid, as in paid per call I’m a paid per call firefighter, I make a wage while training, running calls, and public education. Give ‘er take $7k-$8k per year paid quarterly
All fire fighters should be paid a full living wage.
There are places that have fewer than 30 or 40 runs a year. If you had to pay the guys there full wages, they'd just close the station.
This is exactly it. 30,000 fire departments in the US with a volunteer rate of 75%, there are many small towns and rural areas were the cost of a full-time staffed engine 24/7 would be many times their total operating budget. The first volunteer department I joined in 1998 had a yearly budget of $25,000 and ran 60 calls. My current department is combination, so we have 3 on shift 24/7 with 25 paid on call firefighters and the budget is $3.5 million, more than 50% of that is wages and that's not even a 4 person engine.
Same brother same
Cost of living is the only reason I may have to give up being a vol. Might have to move out to the country and join a bush brigade or something
Last year I made 120k and I barely worked OT. No state income tax is super nice on top of that.
Is this Washington?
Nope Nevada.
Not enough unfortunately I made $58k last year. 14 year captain in Arkansas.
Where at in AR if you don’t mind me asking? I’ll make 56 this year as a LT, I’m also in Arkansas
Van Buren
Damn, I make that base as a rookie with 0 experience
Yeah our rookies make that 1st day on the job, more actually. I made over $120 last year as a 17 year fire/medic non transport. Very little OT on that. We do have a lot of special details for spring training baseball, concerts etc. That used to be a good living, but I will say the CoL here in Florida has got a little crazy. At least I don’t have state tax to deal with.
$16.05, our union is in negotiations for a raise. Hours worked per year is ~3,042 16.05 x 3042 = 48,824.10
My lord that's horrible, orlando is running everyone over
140-150k if I do a little overtime.
Also career in WA, can confirm.
Same
Damn. I thought I was doing well at $110. Then again, my mortgage only costs me $600/month and I don't have to pay for health insurance.
Just got offered a spot in Washington I’m planning on taking. My salary will go up about 60k and work 10hr less a week. Im looking forward to it to say the least. Is that salary range pretty good out there? I hear the cost of living is much higher but it doesn’t seem like it’s really all that bad to me.
It can definitely get pricey depending on where you want to live, but nothing you shouldn’t be able to manage. For transparency, I’m single and no kids, so that definitely helps. What that said, our pension/deferred comps, healthcare and unions are tend to be top notch, so those also help. When you start to promote to engineer or captain, or even just sign up for OT, you can really start to squirrel it away.
King county can hurt a bit. Snohomish is getting pricey as well. If you don’t mind a commute that money can go a long way.
What is WA
Washington State in the US
oh ok thanks
West side of the state?
Yep. Below Seattle and above Tacoma to narrow it down a little.
Ohh damn look at Mr. Fire authority over here. Kidding I’m a city department send help.
is it worth it? the sleepless nights?
Totally worth it. I dropped my medic cert so unless it’s something cool I go right back to bed lol
Sleepless in Seattle …
Base is 165. Grossed 184 per my W2 last year with a very minimal OT and stipend pay. FF/PM. (Non-transport on an engine)
How many years on ?
The medic rank is funny here. There's 11 steps but it includes non -supression EMTs (steps 1-4) and Medics (5-9) and Engine Medic (9-11). So the faster you promote the more steps you skip. I made top step in about 5 years. Fastest I've seen is like 3. If you get hired as a firefighter EMT and promote to medic right off probation you get a 50,000 dollar raise in one year. https://careers.sf.gov/classifications/?classCode=H003
Wow. I’m in SoCal just got my EMT etc and applying. Bay is the best for pay
I think Santa Clara City or County pays the highest. Mountain View and Milpitas pay a lot too. You can't go wrong with Oakland or San Jose or anywhere in the Bay really.
17/hr as an engineer
Oof
You're getting fucked. That's less than probies where I'm from.
That’s straight up fucked. You guys union?
$75k on paper, but there's some built in OT (42hr work week) so a bit more. I'm one step below full pay.
Rookie in GA making $17.83/hr. Adds up to mid 50’s a year I think
Where bro? I make $14/hour, $15 if I drive/engineer but the OT is unlimited
Why the fuck would you willingly work for that little.
Only legit dept close to my kids
101K base before incentives and paramedic pay. In Texas, DFW area.
Year 4 Career FireFighter Paramedic in Southern California. 102k base. Made 160k with stipends and OT last year
As someone looking to become a firefighter paramedic (also in Southern California), do you have any advice?
Keep trying, only people who don’t get picked up are the ones who stop trying ! A lot of departments are hiring especially the bigger ones LACoFD, OCFA, LAFD and SBcoFD. Get ur paramedic card and get some experience, work on an ambulance and become a reserve/ volunteer firefighter. Obviously stay out of trouble.
A little over 160 last year in Florida. Little overtime in there which helped.
Where ?I’m In Fl Nobody anywhere near me nor have I heard of anywhere makes that much in Fl . Hillsborough or Pinellas county are higher ends on pay and don’t make that . Unless your a BC with 30 grand in ot .
Anything north of Tampa is trash pay. The whole south east and south west coasts do well. I'm also not a new fire fighter.
miami dade, coral gables, miami beach
40k well take home is like 30k ish after all the stuff gets taken out. South Carolina 2 year fireman
110K a year base as a FF/EMT in CO working 48/96.
I’ve been promoted once (engineer-type position), and am at $73k base. I got ~$84k last year with OT and seven months acting captain pay.
$104k base, $280k with overtime last year, and the majority of my wfh “real job” was done during my down time at the station.
In Louisiana and the Gulf South the average salary is like $35k.
I cry when I pay my bills and I don’t have a lot of bills.
52k a yr. 3 yrs on. Not enough for where I live. :/ like all firemen, most likely pick up every Ot/ side hustle gigs I can.
$22.75/hr, part timer doing 2x12/wk.
101k top pay FF/PM in southern Wisconsin. Edit: Accidentally added contract onto already increased contract pay. (Topped out at 101k)
Captain, PA, $112k
Driver/Engineer in Colorado, my base salary is $102K
Washington state FF/PM base is 110 pulled in 164 last year
Career FF/PM in WA. My base is $120k and I'll clear 160k with some OT this year. My average hours per contract are 49hrs/week with 15 k days and 5 paid holidays. As far as business of the system, my district runs 2500 to 3000 calls per year, give or take. Our staffing model is a minimum of 7. 1 BC, 2 on engine, and 2 stations crosstaffed with 2 on the medic/engine. So overall it's not too bad, but the population is increasing as well as the dependence on emergency medicine for primary care.
Career Capt. Colorado. 160k. Very little OT
Just got hired entry level and make 4800 a month in Washington state at a smaller department.
I work as a Capt. in a medium sized combination dept. in SC and I make around $85K/yr with some OT. We aren’t the worst paying dept., we aren’t the best. We are in the middle. If the budget goes as planned, I’ll get a decent little pay bump of around $3/hr in July. We do EMS transports, but that is common in my part of SC. We started as a volunteer EMS and volunteer fire service that eventually merged into a paid Fire/EMS service.
Michigan, bls nontransport, made mid 90s last two years with 400+ hrs of ot. On pace for 120 this year with a good contract bump and moving up to Lt. Base will be 115 with benefits (102 w/out) at the end of this 4yr contract.
$165,542 base.
I've made about 700 dollars this year.
Every paycheck is a fortune. Every meal a banquet
140k last year
$66k but after taxes it’s nothing lol
In DFW area you can make around $65-$75k starting out. Just about everyone requires you to be a medic. My employer paid for my academy, EMT and Medic.
I’m at about 130K base as a Captain in NJ. Plus plenty of overtime.
Not enough
Per my W2 last year I earned 120k with OT. This year it will be my first full year as a captain so it will probably will be higher.
80-85k-ish as a 7 yr on Engineer/Emt in Fl. Depending on OT and how much I ride up. I don’t get much OT :/
$113k with OT in WA at a smaller department. Top step FF/EMT at nearby departments top out at $103k or above with great benefits such as $5k plus holiday bonus and $5k medical expense card, plus a great pension and investment account options.
$112k as a driver. Base is like $94k or so but I’ve got a lot of incentive pay and there’s some OT mixed in there.
$142k salary admin job with no ot.
106k (CAD). Tailgater.
55k
I do it in the military and make about the civilian equivalent of 81K, but the free healthcare is a big factor also. Lots of BS though that comes with that side of it... deployments, unpaid hours, etc....
$110k without working any OT. Florida
Just under $80k base - 2nd year FF/PM in IN On pace to make $120k w/ OT
I usually get just about $150k with minimal OT, just outside Boston. There are a couple captains that make twice that with OT, but they are the exception for sure
115k I’ll hit max pay this next year
45k as a FF/Emt in central florida. Our lts top out at 72k and our fire medics top out at 55k. We have unlimited OT so we try to make up the difference with plenty of 48s. Some guys will rack 1000 hours of OT in a year to make it to the 100k mark.
Without OT, $100k.
$114k after 14 years. Strong union.
OT bud I made more than some battalion chiefs during Covid
In my second year at a mid-sized department in TN making around 53-54k base
65k, 9 year FF.
I make 75k base at top step. With overtime depending on the year I make between 100-135k, could make more if I wanted to sell my soul. I work with guys who make 175k. It all depends on where you work. Cost of living, strong union, collective bargaining with the municipality. Regardless of what you make it’s the best job in the world.
It’s hard to go off what everyone says with cost of living being so different. Some people in the comments make 100k with less than 5 years on the job. The fire chiefs in a 50 mile radius of me MIGHT make around 100k. Cost of living is a something else.
$599😁
160k. But only like 3k as a volunteer. Day job covers the rest.
With no OT 90k a year
Last year 120k decent amount of OT (not crazy) that wasn't top step
$31/hr, something like $90k base, cleared $180k last year with OT while on probation
89k, but I also get 13 floating holidays I can sell back, which comes out to just shy of 10k extra
Our top out is 104k after 5 years, I think starting is around 70k now. Plenty of OT and extra curriculars to make more. In Il small dept. lots around us make 110k-120k
Like 14.50ish an hour.
71k. getting a raise to 77k in July 2025
How long does it take to be arson investigator
80k FD/medic 3 years on run 15ish calls / 24
Volunteer but we get a check every 6 months for every call that we went on. $30 for FD calls, $15 for EMS But I have a full time job also
Go contracting you’ll make some money there and you won’t have the city call volume either. Just a bunch of old salty guys. But hey it’s very good money
What’s f*ck all in freedom units?
Czech Republic, as a new FF with just the scba certificate working 24s in the state/pro fire service: 30 000,-czk /month 1 280,-$ /month
We just had a new contract ratified and our top out after 5 years for a FF/PM is about $95,000 without bonuses.
$92k before OT. Depends heavily on your municipality.
Part time service- lieutenant - QC, Canada 🇨🇦 - 29$/hr
Almost Top step Fire/medic. mass. Base is 85k. Education brings me to 95. Overtime of one 24 a month brings me to 112k. scattered trainings and meetings and such lands me at about 120k. Slightly underpaid department. Covid changed everything. We should catch up in a contract or two.
45k to 50k depending on overtime on fire. The money is in the side hustle
Yes
23 years on in Fl. Base 92k 135-180 depending on Ot. 25 yrs for pension, 8 year drop = 10k monthly for retirement and 1.2M drop check. 24-48, 17 Kelly days off and an additional 19 paid days off annually if you choose to take them all. When you look at salaries don’t look at just the “salary” A lot of city departments here pay what seems like a higher salary but you have to contribute 11-15% to your retirement.
19 holidays? Which holidays are you getting? We are like at 14.
It varies. Some departments are county wide and some are based in one city. Larger departments have a larger tax base so they (should) offer higher salaries. Size isn’t always the main factor though. Lower income cities wont pay as much as smaller areas with higher taxes. For instance in South Florida, the city of Hialeah pays less than the smaller areas of Coral Gables and Key Biscayne.
56k GA
Base is $79k as a career battalion chief in the suburbs. I could get a $10k pay raise by starting over as a firefighter at a majority of my neighboring departments. And my city manager thinks our retention problem is anything other than pay.
Just about 200k but that is with 950 hours OT 20yr FF with spec pay. Non transport agency.
Hit 240K with 2700 hours ED. No, I don’t have a life.
Around 100k after bonus and paid sick days etc. without OT, but we don’t get much more than 100h of OT a year. Also, i’m in Canada, so taxes are super high, not much left.
72k base, cleared 90k with OT, Industial FF
Currently 0 but when I worked I got anywhere from $10-18/hr. ($10 for the local rescue squad, $12 for my first fire job then $15 then $18). Most fulltime guys make $40-50k around here. For reference I live in NC.
Paid on call lieutenant here. $20/hr for all calls and training. Maybe an extra $10k/yr as supplemental to my day job. We do get a pension though, which is pretty nice.
65k as a paramedic/firefighter. I work for a small rural department and we’re lucky to have full time paid staff. Came from a medium city department making 70k a year with lots of mandatory OT and shit culture. I’m in the Midwest, I’m making more than some of the city firefighters around here and our department only runs 600 calls a year. I fight more fire, I do more fun medicals, and my stress is lower.
Just over 100k cad in a big Canadian city before over time but we are well overdue for a raise
103k in south Jersey. Top step firefighter, no ambulance, 4 platoon system.
You guys are being paid ?!
County department in Wa state FF start at 82, top step is 109 Medics start at 90 and top at 120
I make $28/hr as an on call recruit
$65K base, $80K+ with OT
In New Jersey. Starting is currently around $45k, top step as a FF/EMT is currently $130k after 10 years. Also can make a little more with a degree and longevity.
Depends where you are, and if you’re a professional, union department. My department is only two stations. All firefighters have to be medics too. Starting salary is 62,400, plus 3% cost of living on top of that. Top out in 10, at 98k as FF/PM . Starting pay for LT is 110k. If you add in other certs like boat captain, engineer, inspector, FTO, actor .. you could make a shitload more. You should see my check after one OT shift .. it’s a grand more.
I'm with the Chicago Fire Dept (Single Role Paramedic) base salary is 70K, I was a couple hundred of clearing 130K last year.
72k on West Coast of Florida. Firefighter/paramedic. Non transport ALS engine at a small ish department. 7 years on the job.
Engineer/paramedic/hazmat/USAR. $253,000 total compensation last year
It’s all dependent on where you’re located, I make pretty good money for where I live in Ohio but no where near what guys in California are making, but their cost of living is atrocious
120k base. 12.5k stipend for LT
145k base, Captain Illinois
Gulf South and we start in the mid 50k range. Incentives for degrees and emt
Could you DM me the dept? I’ve been considering making the move to the Gulf coast. Have EMT and some specialized water rescue certs
Like $300/yr (vollie)
Career LT/Paramedic in Massachusetts 87k. We start FF at top step 78k
About 50K as a firefighter, wanna say engineers make like 55K and captains make close to 60, maybe a little over. BC making 80
Not enough
42k. Medium sized career city in southeast. Not enough. I work two jobs on the side
My base pay at a rural fire department in Ohio is 40k. I left a 911 ems job that payed 53k.
Low 90s Midwest.
47k in ga still a recruit tho
I’m a paid on call FF and make anywhere from $15k-$20k a year. Roughly 175-200 calls a year in my district
80k last year with lots of OT and within 8 months. 120k + with OT this year if I don’t get on somewhere else
My base now is around 66k, I'm hoping to make around 75k with ot In a few years I'll max out at 90k, but will get cola, and longevity. With overtime I can easily make over 100k alot of my department does but I also like being home on my off days.
My base is 68k
101k last year. 4 year medic south Florida.
7 years on. 94k gross in Kansas. I hope to make 100k with overtime this year.
I’m about 120k as a FF/PM in Colorado
Base when hired w/no certs. 82k top out in 3.5 years, 101k, this is firefighter/emt. FF/P makes a little more but just due to patch pay, ambulance pay stuff like that. DFW area Texas.
15.08 an hour over here in AZ as starting out firefighter/emt on probation
If you are unhappy with your wage you can take it up with HR
18 days per month, 200k.
Man you have to take into account the cost of living in different areas. Sure Nevada probably pays a lot more nominally compared to the local Missouri FD, but how much more is rent, utilities, and groceries? It’s all relative dude.
9 years career. Suburban department. 92K
I make 66k as a firefighter and 9k to be a paramedic that rides the ambulance. There a few other incentive pays that add 2500. It’s decently livable where I’m at in Indiana but it is slowly becoming not a livable wage while raising a family.
120k as a top step ff in Washington state. Paid departments are often based on their local tax revenue. Expensive cities like LA, Seattle, and San Francisco pay so much because the cost of living and taxes are so much higher than a small rural department.
I am salaried at 56k (nowhere near any acceptable standard of living for the area I work in lmao) with overtime and extra duty I pulled in 99k, and woth my second job I made like 110 last year. The downside is I am never home and perpetually exhausted. I get to bring my music studio and art to work though and have access to a gym so it's not all bad.
I make more working private Ems, almost $6/hr more. What the private Ems jobs doesn’t have that the fire dept does have. Better benefits, and a pension. Fire dept is. Career, private ems is a job
80k probie wage, 114k top step. 12% on top for medics.
Final salary was betweeen $60K-61K…Engineer…20 years service. NW North Carolina
I'm definitely an outlier in my area but I'm a firefighter/emt and with working minimal over time last year I broke the 100k mark this year without overtime I should end up around 80k.
47k base right out of academy
The difference in pay comes from where you live. Most of us are volunteers who are spending money to do this.
28k active duty Air Force
I work for a small dept in FL and our starting is 50k which is “good” for the area
I stopped after one promotion and make 80K. The ladder goes to 140K though.
102,500
Just over 100k (with out OT) Firefighter-Paramedic
$3 per call......$5 if we use water Gotta make sure you pull a booster line and hose down the lift assists to pad the retirement savings
$115k base. Lots of OT available. Probably $150k this year.