Firefighter Salary 2026: 24/48 Schedule, Paramedic, by State

TL;DR — Firefighter Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 33-2011 n = $332,240 workers

P50 $59,530

$34,490P10 P25 $44,180 P75 $77,410 P90$101,330

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Firefighters in the federal sample earn between $44,180 and $77,410 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	WA	Washington	$86,269▼8%	$93,490	108.4	8K
02	NY	New York	$81,953▼7%	$88,380	107.8	15K
03	NJ	New Jersey	$80,466▼8%	$87,660	108.9	7K
04	IL	Illinois	$80,079▲1%	$79,080	98.8	15K
05	CO	Colorado	$75,165▼2%	$76,560	101.9	6K
06	CT	Connecticut	$74,529▼4%	$77,660	104.2	3K
07	CA	California	$74,335▼11%	$83,400	112.2	28K
08	PA	Pennsylvania	$73,337▲3%	$71,430	97.4	—
· · · · · 37 states omitted · · · · ·
46	MN	Minnesota	$42,715▲2%	$41,990	98.3	5K
47	MS	Mississippi	$42,608▲15%	$36,980	86.8	3K
48	KY	Kentucky	$41,317▲11%	$37,140	89.9	5K
49	NC	North Carolina	$39,460▲6%	$37,250	94.4	18K
50	LA	Louisiana	$37,993▲13%	$33,700	88.7	5K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · FIREFIGHTER · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 61K ME 48K VT 47K NH 54K WA 86K ID 58K MT 70K ND 61K MN 43K WI 51K MI 59K NY 82K MA 68K RI 68K OR 70K NV 69K WY 57K SD 54K IA 62K IL 80K IN 67K OH 65K PA 73K NJ 80K CT 75K CA 74K UT 51K CO 75K NE 68K MO 53K KY 41K WV 46K VA 58K MD 67K DE 49K DC 72K AZ 58K NM 47K KS 49K AR 48K TN 51K NC 39K SC 49K

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TX 63K OK 53K LA 38K MS 43K AL 53K GA 48K FL 56K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $77K+

60–80% $67K

40–60% $57K

20–40% $48K

Bottom 20% $38K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Firefighter Salary 2026 — 24/48 Schedule, Paramedic Premium, Volunteer Gap, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.