First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $86K, rent takes 23.7% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,356/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers typically earn — is $49K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,944/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $86K locally vs. $94K nationally, a 8% difference.

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area pays $86K median vs. the U.S. average of $94K — that’s -8%.

The median is $85,820 a year, that works out to about $41 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $49,060, and experienced first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers can clear $115,790. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,730/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,356/month, which eats 23.7% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers salary is worth about $85,820 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.