State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Delaware vs Washington
Firefighters in Washington earn a median of $94,520. In Delaware, $46,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47% — not 50.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.6%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-47%
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
Washington
Firefighters
- Median
- $94,520
- p25
- $72,300
- p75
- $105,540
- p10
- $47,640
- p90
- $123,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.