State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Delaware vs New York
Firefighters in New York earn a median of $100,960. In Delaware, $46,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50% — not 53.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.7%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-50%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Firefighters
- Median
- $46,710
- p25
- $45,300
- p75
- $60,670
- p10
- $41,960
- p90
- $72,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
New York
Firefighters
- Median
- $100,960
- p25
- $65,420
- p75
- $106,430
- p10
- $56,390
- p90
- $106,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.