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What wildland firefighters make
Median
$52,000
Lower end
$41,000
Upper end
$71,000
Job Bank's national figures for forest firefighters, 2023 to 2024, from Employment Insurance survey data: a median of $25 an hour, with a lower end of $19.75 and an upper end of $34 an hour. The yearly figures here are those rates at 40 hours a week for a full year. Most crew jobs are seasonal, so a season's base pay is less, and overtime on fires adds to it. City firefighters are a separate Job Bank occupation, with a median of $45.79 an hour.