City of Baltimore / Fire Department / EMT Firefighter, Suppression
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
481 employees hold this title in Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $99,334, below the department median of $118,399.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 481 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 2,510 people — is $73,810. Fire Department pays a median base salary of $84,815 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Firefighters — about 345,990 people — is $59,280. Fire Department’s median base salary is 43% above that national figure, about the 80th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 1,040 of 1,079 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire Department is $83,744, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Record list
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EMT Firefighter, Suppression/Fire Department
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Thomas R Artis works as a EMT Firefighter, Suppression for Fire Department. They have served since 2019 (about 6 years). Thomas earned $165,046 in 2025.
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Justin A Higley is a EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. They have served since 2003 (about 22 years). 2025 total compensation came to $164,326.
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Dominic J Mack is a EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. They have served since 2007 (about 18 years). 2025 total compensation came to $163,394.
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Derek A Muhly holds the role of EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 19 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $162,286.
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Dale H New is a EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. Hired in 2011, they have about 14 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $161,494.
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Anthony M Troy holds the role of EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. They have served since 2014 (about 11 years). In 2025, their total compensation was $158,265.
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Charles M Dixon is a EMT Firefighter, Suppression at Fire Department. Hired in 2004, they have about 21 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $158,001.
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Christopher Smith works as a EMT Firefighter, Suppression for Fire Department. They have served since 2011 (about 14 years). Christopher earned $157,875 in 2025.