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Career paths / Firefighter

The Firefighter’s road to $100K

2median years to cross $100K — from real careers
Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
$94,634
$100K+ cohort median (2025)
$131,274
Top of the track (90th pct)
$149,767
On the Sunshine List
2,945

Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.

$100K200220142025
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Median disclosed Firefighter salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.

Who pays firefighters most

  1. 1City Of Stratford$144,837n=27
  2. 2City Of Belleville$142,871n=34
  3. 3Municipality Of Chatham-Kent$137,256n=49
  4. 4Town Of Halton Hills$136,367n=18
  5. 5City Of Burlington$135,718n=112
  6. 6City Of Ottawa$134,498n=538

The top of the track

Gregory Fitzgerald$223,999
City Of Mississauga—
Michael Wilson$220,770
City Of Brampton—
Alexander Monahan$211,889
City Of Ottawa—
Cliff Smith$207,931
City Of Ottawa—

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