Firefighters · SOC 33-2011
Firefighter Salary in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Firefighters in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,690 per year ($17.64 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,980 at the 10th percentile to $46,810 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Firefighters in the Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,160 and $44,650.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,980 | $30,160 | $36,690 | $44,650 | $46,810 |
| Hourly | $14.41 | $14.50 | $17.64 | $21.47 | $22.51 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$36,690 median for Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,160 to $44,650
- Alabamastate$47,600 median for Alabama; middle half earns $37,150 to $59,520
- United Statesnational$59,280 median for United States; middle half earns $44,490 to $77,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −23% vs Alabama overall and −38% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for firefighters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,690 median for Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,160 to $44,650
- $58,400 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $46,200 to $87,400
- $51,050 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $39,340 to $64,900
- $48,780 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $41,380 to $51,630
- $48,010 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $47,600 to $57,520
- $46,770 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $45,090 to $61,000
- $46,260 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $36,900 to $59,790
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for firefighters · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.