State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Mississippi vs New York
Firefighters in New York earn a median of $100,960. In Mississippi, $35,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.9% — not 64.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-64.5%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-55.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Firefighters
- Median
- $35,880
- p25
- $29,430
- p75
- $44,060
- p10
- $26,850
- p90
- $51,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.