State comparison · 2025
Firefighters salary: Missouri vs New York
Firefighters in New York earn a median of $100,960. In Missouri, $49,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.4%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-42.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Firefighters
- Median
- $49,080
- p25
- $37,340
- p75
- $64,170
- p10
- $31,140
- p90
- $79,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.