Compared with the local labor market
Firefighter pay vs. Florida
Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Firefighters — about 24,570 people — is $58,550. Department of Military Affairs pays a median base salary of $49,590 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Military Affairs sits in the local pay range
$37,260
$45,900
$58,550
$75,840
$93,310
Department of Military Affairs median · $49,590
The bar is the range of annual wages for Firefighters across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Military Affairs’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. Department of Military Affairs’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 34th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$34,910
$44,490
$59,280
$77,250
$101,040
Department of Military Affairs median · $49,590
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 Florida range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 13 of 14 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 Department of Military Affairs is $50,174, 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 departments
This role across Florida
Firefighter is held in 2 Florida departments. In Department of Military Affairs, the median of $50,174 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Firefighter role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.