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Firefighters Salary in Detroit, MI

Estimates come from the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Firefighters in Detroit, MI is $62,730, 6% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Detroit sits within the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area, Firefighters pay runs from $41,120 to $84,390 a year, with about 3.5K people employed.

Median annual

$62,730

Median hourly

$30

Average annual

$61,940

Employed in metro

3.5K

Pay distribution

10th$41,120
25th$50,800
Median$62,730
75th$73,430
90th$84,390

Salary calculator

Hourly
$30.16
Daily
$241
Weekly
$1,206
Bi-weekly
$2,413
Monthly
$5,228
Annual
$62,730

$62,730 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in Detroit, MI. The median is $62,730.

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