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Firefighters Salary in New Orleans, LA

Estimates come from the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Firefighters in New Orleans, LA is $37,250, 37% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and New Orleans sits within the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the New Orleans-Metairie, LA area, Firefighters pay runs from $23,070 to $61,350 a year, with about 1.1K people employed.

Median annual

$37,250

Median hourly

$18

Average annual

$41,920

Employed in metro

1.1K

Pay distribution

10th$23,070
25th$29,190
Median$37,250
75th$48,730
90th$61,350

Salary calculator

Hourly
$17.91
Daily
$143
Weekly
$716
Bi-weekly
$1,433
Monthly
$3,104
Annual
$37,250

$37,250 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in New Orleans, LA. The median is $37,250.

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