State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Firefighters in New York earn a median of $100,960. In Massachusetts, $72,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Firefighters
- Median
- $72,800
- p25
- $61,800
- p75
- $80,070
- p10
- $49,730
- p90
- $98,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.