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Firefighters Salary in Bakersfield, CA

Estimates come from the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Firefighters in Bakersfield, CA is $72,410, 22% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Bakersfield sits within the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Bakersfield-Delano, CA area, Firefighters pay runs from $49,120 to $470,940 a year, with about 780 people employed.

Median annual

$72,410

Median hourly

$35

Average annual

$199,490

Employed in metro

780

Pay distribution

10th$49,120
25th$57,710
Median$72,410
75th$470,940
90th$470,940

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Hourly
$34.81
Daily
$279
Weekly
$1,393
Bi-weekly
$2,785
Monthly
$6,034
Annual
$72,410

$72,410 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in Bakersfield, CA. The median is $72,410.

Firefighters in other metro areas

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$152,100
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$113,700
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$106,420
  • Bellingham, WA$101,130
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$101,090
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$99,930
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$98,050
  • Vallejo, CA$95,950