State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Kentucky vs New York
Firefighters in New York earn a median of $100,960. In Kentucky, $37,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56% — not 63.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-63.2%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-56%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Firefighters
- Median
- $37,150
- p25
- $33,390
- p75
- $48,120
- p10
- $27,870
- p90
- $60,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.