Firefighter Salary in Nebraska

How much does a Firefighter make in Nebraska?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Firefighter in Nebraska is $58,716 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $28.

However, a Firefighter's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $71,162
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $53,230 to $65,231
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $48,236

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Firefighter Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$65,231	$5,436	$1,254	$31
Average	$58,716	$4,893	$1,129	$28
25th Percentile	$53,230	$4,436	$1,024	$26

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Key Factors That Influence Firefighter Salaries

A Firefighter's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Firefighter Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Firefighters. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $69,006.
California: $68,744.
Massachusetts: $67,828.

District of Columbia $69,006 California $68,744 Massachusetts $67,828 Washington $67,579 New Jersey $67,554 Alaska $67,467 Connecticut $66,607 New York $66,258

Hawaii $65,142 Rhode Island $64,618 Maryland $64,263 Minnesota $63,777 Colorado $63,590 Illinois $63,528 Oregon $63,291 Delaware $63,116

New Hampshire $63,007 Virginia $62,761 Pennsylvania $62,044 Nevada $61,683 North Dakota $61,565 Michigan $61,378 Wisconsin $61,309 Vermont $61,172

Texas $60,792 Maine $60,767 Arizona $60,729 Ohio $60,686 Georgia $60,112 Indiana $59,826 Wyoming $59,770 Utah $59,682

Iowa $59,645 Kansas $59,346 Louisiana $59,259 North Carolina $59,227 Missouri $59,215 Florida $58,972 Montana $58,841 Nebraska $58,716

Kentucky $58,648 South Carolina $58,398 Tennessee $58,243 Idaho $58,180 New Mexico $57,725 Oklahoma $57,626 Alabama $57,258 South Dakota $56,641

Arkansas $56,304 West Virginia $56,124 Mississippi $55,581

Top Paying Cities for Firefighters

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Offutt A F B: $59,219
La Vista: $59,219
Adams: $58,156

Offutt A F B, NE $59,219 La Vista, NE $59,219 Adams, NE $58,156 Alexandria, NE $57,892 Alvo, NE $58,264 Auburn, NE $58,076 Avoca, NE $58,395 Barneston, NE $58,145

Beatrice, NE $58,103 Beaver Crossing, NE $58,090 Bee, NE $58,169 Belvidere, NE $57,870 Benedict, NE $57,973 Bennet, NE $58,165 Blue Springs, NE $57,963 Bradshaw, NE $57,951

Brock, NE $58,034 Brownville, NE $58,019 Bruning, NE $57,920 Burchard, NE $57,852 Burr, NE $58,207 Byron, NE $57,812 Carleton, NE $57,877 Chester, NE $57,855

Clatonia, NE $58,135 Cook, NE $58,213 Cordova, NE $58,071 Cortland, NE $58,142 Crab Orchard, NE $58,140 Crete, NE $58,144 Davenport, NE $57,880 Davey, NE $58,167

Dawson, NE $57,869 Daykin, NE $57,939 Denton, NE $58,157 Deshler, NE $57,933 De Witt, NE $58,070 Diller, NE $57,914 Dorchester, NE $58,096 Douglas, NE $58,182

Du Bois, NE $57,834 Dunbar, NE $58,317 Eagle, NE $58,196 Elk Creek, NE $57,963 Elmwood, NE $58,303 Endicott, NE $57,862 Exeter, NE $57,974 Fairbury, NE $57,978

Fairmont, NE $57,958 Falls City, NE $57,969 Filley, NE $58,054 Firth, NE $58,153 Friend, NE $58,072 Garland, NE $58,160 Geneva, NE $58,008 Gilead, NE $57,941

Goehner, NE $58,099 Grafton, NE $57,900 Greenwood, NE $58,291 Gresham, NE $57,998 Wilcox, NE $57,839 Alma, NE $57,858 Arapahoe, NE $57,834 Atlanta, NE $58,087

Axtell, NE $57,873 Ayr, NE $57,871 Beaver City, NE $57,781 Bertrand, NE $57,832 Bladen, NE $57,820 Bloomington, NE $57,776 Blue Hill, NE $57,882 Campbell, NE $57,827

Clay Center, NE $57,927 Deweese, NE $57,861 Edgar, NE $57,872 Edison, NE $57,757 Elwood, NE $57,834 Fairfield, NE $57,884 Franklin, NE $57,848 Funk, NE $57,832

Glenvil, NE $57,883 Guide Rock, NE $57,795 Hardy, NE $57,816 Harvard, NE $57,919 Heartwell, NE $57,839 Hendley, NE $57,766 Hildreth, NE $57,839 Holbrook, NE $57,770

Holdrege, NE $57,924 Holstein, NE $57,854 Inavale, NE $57,768 Inland, NE $57,887 Juniata, NE $57,939 Kenesaw, NE $57,902 Lawrence, NE $57,856 Loomis, NE $57,843

Minden, NE $57,902 Naponee, NE $57,790 Nelson, NE $57,857 Oak, NE $57,859 Orleans, NE $57,799 Oxford, NE $57,817 Ragan, NE $57,836 Red Cloud, NE $57,856

Republican City, NE $57,788 Riverton, NE $57,738 Roseland, NE $57,885 Ruskin, NE $57,848 Saronville, NE $57,883 Smithfield, NE $57,803 Stamford, NE $57,754 Superior, NE $57,892

Sutton, NE $57,950 Trumbull, NE $57,905 Upland, NE $57,809 Bellwood, NE $58,074 Mc Cook, NE $57,861 Bartley, NE $57,755 Benkelman, NE $57,738 Cambridge, NE $57,799

Champion, NE $57,828 Culbertson, NE $57,758 Curtis, NE $57,785 Danbury, NE $57,726 Enders, NE $57,687 Eustis, NE $57,790 Farnam, NE $57,733 Haigler, NE $57,743

Hayes Center, NE $57,698 Imperial, NE $57,839 Indianola, NE $57,777 Lebanon, NE $57,731 Max, NE $57,695 Maywood, NE $57,730 Moorefield, NE $57,708 Palisade, NE $57,738

Parks, NE $57,655 Stockville, NE $57,613 Stratton, NE $57,717 Trenton, NE $57,751 Wauneta, NE $57,732 Wilsonville, NE $57,717 North Platte, NE $57,905 Arnold, NE $57,747

Arthur, NE $57,567 Big Springs, NE $57,799 Brady, NE $57,764 Broadwater, NE $57,630 Brule, NE $57,786 Bushnell, NE $57,983 Chappell, NE $57,838 Cozad, NE $57,883

Dalton, NE $57,667 Dickens, NE $57,661 Dix, NE $57,771 Elsie, NE $57,680 Elsmere, NE $57,584 Gothenburg, NE $57,852 Grant, NE $57,841 Abie, NE $58,274

Arlington, NE $58,862 Ashland, NE $58,512 Bancroft, NE $57,878 Bellevue, NE $59,223 Bennington, NE $59,145 Blair, NE $58,976 Boys Town, NE $59,216 Bruno, NE $58,260

Cedar Bluffs, NE $58,463 Cedar Creek, NE $58,990 Ceresco, NE $58,210 Colon, NE $58,450 Craig, NE $58,085 Decatur, NE $57,907 Elkhorn, NE $59,096 Fort Calhoun, NE $59,157

Fremont, NE $58,690 Gretna, NE $58,897 Herman, NE $58,759 Homer, NE $56,736 Hooper, NE $58,559 Ithaca, NE $58,382 Kennard, NE $59,029 Linwood, NE $58,086

Louisville, NE $58,857 Lyons, NE $57,944 Macy, NE $57,370 Malmo, NE $58,343 Mead, NE $58,588 Memphis, NE $58,448 Hallam, NE $58,144 Hebron, NE $57,914

Henderson, NE $57,993 Hickman, NE $58,156 Hubbell, NE $57,821 Humboldt, NE $57,935 Jansen, NE $57,945 Johnson, NE $58,051 Julian, NE $58,172 Lewiston, NE $57,983

Liberty, NE $57,859 Lorton, NE $58,378 Mc Cool Junction, NE $58,016 Malcolm, NE $58,160 Manley, NE $58,628 Martell, NE $58,152 Milford, NE $58,146 Milligan, NE $57,957

Murdock, NE $58,443 Murray, NE $58,843 Nebraska City, NE $58,253 Nehawka, NE $58,646 Nemaha, NE $57,950 Odell, NE $57,914 Ohiowa, NE $57,922 Otoe, NE $58,365

Palmyra, NE $58,197 Panama, NE $58,163 Pawnee City, NE $57,905 Peru, NE $58,111 Pickrell, NE $58,134 Pleasant Dale, NE $58,154 Plymouth, NE $57,986 Raymond, NE $58,163

Reynolds, NE $57,829 Roca, NE $58,159 Rulo, NE $57,859 Salem, NE $57,824 Seward, NE $58,154 Shickley, NE $57,909 Shubert, NE $57,898 Sprague, NE $58,153

Staplehurst, NE $58,162 Steele City, NE $57,862 Steinauer, NE $57,920 Stella, NE $57,932 Sterling, NE $58,174 Strang, NE $57,885 Swanton, NE $58,058 Syracuse, NE $58,281

Table Rock, NE $57,950 Talmage, NE $58,086 Tecumseh, NE $58,083 Ong, NE $57,877 Tobias, NE $57,922 Unadilla, NE $58,240 Union, NE $58,675 Utica, NE $58,089

Verdon, NE $57,902 Virginia, NE $57,947 Waco, NE $57,992 Walton, NE $58,166 Waverly, NE $58,197 Weeping Water, NE $58,584 Western, NE $58,046 Wilber, NE $58,087

Wymore, NE $57,967 York, NE $58,087 Lincoln, NE $58,155 Nickerson, NE $58,701 Oakland, NE $58,070 Papillion, NE $59,208 Pender, NE $57,714 Plattsmouth, NE $59,018

Prague, NE $58,302 Rosalie, NE $57,571 St Columbans, NE $59,223 Scribner, NE $58,113 South Bend, NE $58,686 Springfield, NE $59,005 Tekamah, NE $58,362 Thurston, NE $57,123

Uehling, NE $58,260 Valley, NE $58,918 Valparaiso, NE $58,191 Wahoo, NE $58,354 Walthill, NE $57,220 Washington, NE $59,099 Waterloo, NE $58,961 Weston, NE $58,267

Winnebago, NE $56,907 Winslow, NE $58,603 Yutan, NE $58,747 Omaha, NE $59,227 Brainard, NE $58,215 Cedar Rapids, NE $57,914 Clarks, NE $57,947 Clarkson, NE $58,036

Creston, NE $58,054 David City, NE $58,216 Dodge, NE $58,063 Duncan, NE $58,135 Dwight, NE $58,185 Elgin, NE $57,963 Ericson, NE $57,823 Fullerton, NE $57,968

Genoa, NE $58,002 Howells, NE $58,043 Humphrey, NE $58,065 Leigh, NE $58,046 Lindsay, NE $58,023 Monroe, NE $58,011 Morse Bluff, NE $58,149 North Bend, NE $58,180

Osceola, NE $58,008 Petersburg, NE $57,949 Platte Center, NE $58,047 Polk, NE $57,972 Primrose, NE $57,903 Rising City, NE $58,034 Rogers, NE $58,048 Saint Edward, NE $57,990

Schuyler, NE $58,173 Shelby, NE $58,034 Silver Creek, NE $57,963 Snyder, NE $58,318 Spalding, NE $57,895 Stromsburg, NE $58,026 Surprise, NE $58,169 Ulysses, NE $58,172

Norfolk, NE $58,268 Allen, NE $57,064 Amelia, NE $57,728 Atkinson, NE $57,842 Bassett, NE $57,740 Battle Creek, NE $58,149 Beemer, NE $58,001 Belden, NE $57,808

Gurley, NE $57,749 Columbus, NE $58,180 Albion, NE $57,996 Ames, NE $58,500 Bartlett, NE $57,802 Belgrade, NE $57,899 Bloomfield, NE $57,952 Halsey, NE $57,670

Hershey, NE $57,761 Keystone, NE $57,639 Kimball, NE $57,933 Lemoyne, NE $57,682 Lewellen, NE $57,619 Lisco, NE $57,556 Lodgepole, NE $57,773 Madrid, NE $57,723

Maxwell, NE $57,737 Mullen, NE $57,565 Ogallala, NE $57,859 Oshkosh, NE $57,669 Paxton, NE $57,702 Potter, NE $57,725 Purdum, NE $57,639 Sidney, NE $57,962

Seneca, NE $57,608 Stapleton, NE $57,680 Sutherland, NE $57,728 Thedford, NE $57,635 Tryon, NE $57,591 Venango, NE $57,839 Wallace, NE $57,729 Wellfleet, NE $57,717

Willow Island, NE $57,844 Valentine, NE $57,696 Ainsworth, NE $57,788 Cody, NE $57,564 Crookston, NE $57,661 Johnstown, NE $57,636 Kilgore, NE $57,593 Long Pine, NE $57,775

Merriman, NE $57,524 Nenzel, NE $57,530 Sparks, NE $57,642 Wood Lake, NE $57,613 Alliance, NE $57,732 Angora, NE $57,552 Ashby, NE $57,492 Bayard, NE $57,734

Bingham, NE $57,487 Bridgeport, NE $57,725 Chadron, NE $57,712 Crawford, NE $57,735 Ellsworth, NE $57,479 Gering, NE $57,915 Gordon, NE $57,590 Harrisburg, NE $57,679

Harrison, NE $57,690 Hay Springs, NE $57,648 Hemingford, NE $57,667 Hyannis, NE $57,525 Lakeside, NE $57,488 Lyman, NE $57,857 Mcgrew, NE $58,001 Marsland, NE $57,535

Melbeta, NE $58,095 Minatare, NE $57,778 Mitchell, NE $57,854 Morrill, NE $57,927 Rushville, NE $57,654 Scottsbluff, NE $57,929 Whiteclay, NE $57,570 Whitman, NE $57,475

Whitney, NE $57,596 Verdigre, NE $57,900 Wakefield, NE $57,292 Waterbury, NE $56,880 Wausa, NE $57,995 Wayne, NE $57,847 West Point, NE $58,067 Winnetoon, NE $57,915

Winside, NE $57,921 Wisner, NE $57,953 Wynot, NE $57,708 Grand Island, NE $58,127 Alda, NE $58,002 Amherst, NE $57,830 Anselmo, NE $57,705 Ansley, NE $57,806

Arcadia, NE $57,806 Archer, NE $57,887 Ashton, NE $57,841 Aurora, NE $57,993 Boelus, NE $57,894 Brewster, NE $57,679 Broken Bow, NE $57,859 Burwell, NE $57,797

Cairo, NE $57,924 Bristow, NE $57,790 Brunswick, NE $57,948 Butte, NE $57,826 Carroll, NE $57,829 Center, NE $57,904 Chambers, NE $57,845 Clearwater, NE $57,944

Coleridge, NE $57,774 Concord, NE $57,225 Creighton, NE $57,995 Crofton, NE $57,967 Dakota City, NE $56,594 Dixon, NE $57,254 Emerson, NE $57,036 Emmet, NE $57,842

Ewing, NE $57,867 Fordyce, NE $57,910 Hadar, NE $58,251 Hartington, NE $57,831 Hoskins, NE $58,018 Hubbard, NE $56,767 Inman, NE $57,910 Jackson, NE $56,714

Laurel, NE $57,684 Lynch, NE $57,798 Mclean, NE $57,991 Madison, NE $58,112 Magnet, NE $58,086 Maskell, NE $57,848 Meadow Grove, NE $58,028 Mills, NE $57,642

Naper, NE $57,756 Neligh, NE $58,039 Newcastle, NE $57,239 Newman Grove, NE $58,031 Newport, NE $57,704 Niobrara, NE $57,925 Oakdale, NE $58,002 Oneill, NE $57,925

Orchard, NE $57,932 Osmond, NE $58,031 Page, NE $57,895 Pierce, NE $58,091 Pilger, NE $57,964 Plainview, NE $58,024 Ponca, NE $56,936 Randolph, NE $57,914

Royal, NE $57,911 Saint Helena, NE $57,836 South Sioux City, NE $56,541 Spencer, NE $57,821 Springview, NE $57,691 Stanton, NE $58,085 Stuart, NE $57,812 Tilden, NE $58,047

Callaway, NE $57,772 Central City, NE $58,008 Chapman, NE $57,930 Comstock, NE $57,775 Dannebrog, NE $57,914 Doniphan, NE $57,944 Dunning, NE $57,647 Eddyville, NE $57,743

Elba, NE $57,859 Elm Creek, NE $57,867 Elyria, NE $57,819 Farwell, NE $57,871 Gibbon, NE $57,916 Giltner, NE $57,912 Greeley, NE $57,861 Hampton, NE $57,947

Hazard, NE $57,816 Kearney, NE $58,032 Hordville, NE $57,950 Lexington, NE $57,937 Litchfield, NE $57,808 Loup City, NE $57,866 Marquette, NE $57,946 Mason City, NE $57,770

Merna, NE $57,799 Miller, NE $57,799 North Loup, NE $57,850 Oconto, NE $57,734 Odessa, NE $58,018 Ord, NE $57,891 Overton, NE $57,849 Palmer, NE $57,906

Phillips, NE $57,947 Pleasanton, NE $57,859 Ravenna, NE $57,882 Riverdale, NE $57,877 Rockville, NE $57,823 Saint Libory, NE $57,942 Saint Paul, NE $57,960 Sargent, NE $57,793

Scotia, NE $57,859 Shelton, NE $57,915 Sumner, NE $57,780 Taylor, NE $57,747 Westerville, NE $57,778 Wolbach, NE $57,866 Wood River, NE $57,904 Hastings, NE $58,072

Firefighter Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Firefighter roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 70% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Energy & Utilities and Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 40% above the average. In contrast, Firefighter positions in Software & Networking or Business Services typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Firefighter as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Firefighter

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Energy & Utilities	$82,203	$40.0	40%
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$64,588	$31.0	10%

Firefighter Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Firefighter's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$53,230

Average $58,716/year

$65,231

$4,436

Average $4,893/month

$5,436

$1,024

Average $1,129/week

$1,254

$26

Average $28/hour

$31

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$65,231	$5,436	$1,254	$31
Average	$58,716	$4,893	$1,129	$28
25th Percentile	$53,230	$4,436	$1,024	$26

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