Firefighters Salary in Philadelphia, PA

Estimates come from the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Firefighters in Philadelphia, PA is $78,050, 32% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Philadelphia sits within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, Firefighters pay runs from $47,580 to $89,190 a year, with about 4.0K people employed.

Median annual

$78,050

Median hourly

$38

Average annual

$74,200

Employed in metro

4.0K

Pay distribution

10th$47,580

25th$57,050

Median$78,050

75th$89,190

90th$89,190

Salary calculator

Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $37.52
Daily: $300
Weekly: $1,501
Bi-weekly: $3,002
Monthly: $6,504
Annual: $78,050

$78,050 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in Philadelphia, PA. The median is $78,050.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$22.90	$47,580
25th percentile	$27.40	$57,050
Median	$37.50	$78,050
75th percentile	$42.90	$89,190
90th percentile	$42.90	$89,190
Average (mean)	$35.70	$74,200
Employment	3,970 people

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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