New York City / Fire Department / Firefighter
Job-title file
Respond to fires and emergencies, perform rescue and medical aid, and carry out prevention and inspection.
9,015 employees hold this title in Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $155,283, above the department median of $126,036.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 9,015 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Firefighters — about 14,960 people — is $106,420. Fire Department pays a median base salary of $108,510 for this role, 2% above that figure — about the 78th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 83% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 8,024 of 9,015 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 $155,283, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 20 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $155,283 ranks #3 of 20. See Firefighter across all of New York City →
Median total compensation for comparable Firefighter roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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At Fire Department, James Masucci serves as a Firefighter based in Brooklyn. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,908.
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Carlos Santos is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. 2025 total compensation came to $70,898.
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Thomas Rochford Jr is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. 2025 total compensation came to $70,893.
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At Fire Department, Kevin Guzman serves as a Firefighter based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2020, about 5 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,846.
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Sherwin Kendall holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Queens. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). In 2025, their total compensation was $70,846.
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At Fire Department, Bryce Colby serves as a Firefighter based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2018, about 7 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,844.
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Yan Kafarskiy is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. 2025 total compensation came to $70,817.
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At Fire Department, Gregory Guzzo serves as a Firefighter based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,748.
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Vincent Fortunato works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Richmond. They have served since 2024 (about a year). Vincent earned $70,746 in 2025.
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Sean Ruddick is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. They have served since 2024 (about a year). 2025 total compensation came to $70,734.
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Gabriel Martinez-Perry works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Bronx. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Gabriel earned $70,680 in 2025.
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At Fire Department, Efrain Vasquez serves as a Firefighter based in Brooklyn. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,669.
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Tonycee Sumowuo is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Manhattan. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). 2025 total compensation came to $70,627.
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Alexander Staines is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. They have served since 2024 (about a year). 2025 total compensation came to $70,604.
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Vincent Prota holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Richmond. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. In 2025, their total compensation was $70,556.
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Jonathan Ready holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). In 2025, their total compensation was $70,553.
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At Fire Department, Christopher Ray serves as a Firefighter based in Brooklyn. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,545.
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Andrew Mchugh is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2022, they have about 3 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $70,520.
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At Fire Department, Michael Colon serves as a Firefighter based in Queens. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,500.
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Christopher Grant works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Queens. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Christopher earned $70,483 in 2025.
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Brendan Mooney holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. Their tenure dates to 2006, about 19 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $70,465.
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Ronald Raby King holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Brooklyn. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 11 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $70,437.
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James Roth works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2020, they have about 5 years of service. James earned $70,431 in 2025.
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Gregory Amorosso works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Manhattan. They have served since 2019 (about 6 years). Gregory earned $70,428 in 2025.
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Juan Munoz is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years. 2025 total compensation came to $70,427.
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Jessica Tabet holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2019, they have about 6 years of service. In 2025, their total compensation was $70,359.
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Carlos Ruiz Jr holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2020, about 5 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $70,301.
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Andrew Musco is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Richmond. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. 2025 total compensation came to $70,287.
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At Fire Department, Sean Modafferi serves as a Firefighter based in Brooklyn. Hired in 2022, they have about 3 years of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,283.
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At Fire Department, Stephen Corio serves as a Firefighter based in Richmond. They have served since 2024 (about a year). Their 2025 pay totaled $70,197.
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Robert Nassour works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Brooklyn. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. Robert earned $70,180 in 2025.
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Mark Martinez holds the role of Firefighter at Fire Department based in Bronx. They have served since 2024 (about a year). In 2025, their total compensation was $70,135.
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At Fire Department, Leonard Denicker serves as a Firefighter based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $70,116.
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At Fire Department, Ryan Coakley serves as a Firefighter based in Richmond. They have served since 2024 (about a year). Their 2025 pay totaled $70,114.
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At Fire Department, Yusef Williams serves as a Firefighter based in Brooklyn. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). Their 2025 pay totaled $70,038.
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Tyquan Brown is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Bronx. They have served since 2024 (about a year). 2025 total compensation came to $70,017.
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Jacob Staats-Ogard is a Firefighter at Fire Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2023, they have about 2 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $69,993.
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Jimmy Alhalabi works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Bronx. Their tenure dates to 2024, about a year. Jimmy earned $69,973 in 2025.
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Michael Giudice Jr. works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Bronx. They have served since 2024 (about a year). Michael earned $69,854 in 2025.
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Carmelo Catapano works as a Firefighter for Fire Department based in Richmond. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). Carmelo earned $69,818 in 2025.