Firefighters Salary in Chicago, IL
Estimates come from the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Firefighters in Chicago, IL is $82,820, 40% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Chicago sits within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, Firefighters pay runs from $42,080 to $112,930 a year, with about 15K people employed.
Median annual
$82,820
Median hourly
$40
Average annual
$80,110
Employed in metro
15K
Pay distribution
10th$42,080
25th$48,610
Median$82,820
75th$105,720
90th$112,930
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $39.82
- Daily
- $319
- Weekly
- $1,593
- Bi-weekly
- $3,185
- Monthly
- $6,902
- Annual
- $82,820
$82,820 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in Chicago, IL. The median is $82,820.
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