• Firefighters are a part of the bedrock of their communities.
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics released data on the salaries of firefighters.
  • Firefighter salaries vary widely across states.

Firefighters put their lives on the line for their communities every day.

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics program, Business Insider identified the median annual salaries of firefighters and the first-line supervisors of firefighters in almost every US state as of May 2017.

We also noted the overall range of firefighters’ pay in each state, ranging from the low-end 10th percentile to the high-end 90th percentile of salaries.

Alabama

Foto: A Mobile firefighter checks a house amid debris after a Christmas Day tornado in Mobile, Alabama source Reuters/Marvin Gentry

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $40,700

10th percentile salary: $25,030

90th percentile salary: $58,620

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $60,650

10th percentile salary: $40,870

90th percentile salary: $91,210

Alaska

Foto: Firefighters walk into burnt bush in Anchorage, Alaska on June 8, 1996. source Reuters/Jeff Vinnick

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $60,790

10th percentile salary: $38,720

90th percentile salary: $82,740

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $84,530

10th percentile salary: $64,340

90th percentile salary: $107,820

Arizona

Foto: Firefighters receive an update on the Gladiator Fire during a meeting in Cleator, Arizona May 17, 2012. source Reuters/Joshua Lott

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $45,840

10th percentile salary: $23,980

90th percentile salary: $67,070

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $66,670

10th percentile salary: $41,710

90th percentile salary: $106,320

Arkansas

Foto: Firefighters knock down a small brush fire after sunset in Vilonia, Arkansas on April 29, 2014. source Reuters/Carlo Allegri

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $35,440

10th percentile salary: $20,520

90th percentile salary: $57,060

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $53,180

10th percentile salary: $28,270

90th percentile salary: $78,740

California

Foto: Firefighters keep a close watch on the Thomas wildfire in the hills outside Montecito, California. source Reuters/Gene Blevins

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $35,440

10th percentile salary: $20,520

90th percentile salary: $57,060

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $53,180

10th percentile salary: $28,270

90th percentile salary: $78,740

Colorado

Foto: A heavy tanker drops its load of retardant onto the Papoose Fire along the Rio Grande River on Highway 149 near Creede, Colorado June 25, 2013. source Reuters/John McEvoy

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $54,680

10th percentile salary: $27,560

90th percentile salary: $83,960

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $81,910

10th percentile salary: $47,760

90th percentile salary: $112,620

Connecticut

Foto: Two firefighters ride in a convertible during the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 28, 2012 in Fairfield, Connecticut. source Getty/Spencer Platt

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $65,360

10th percentile salary: $39,120

90th percentile salary: $82,380

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $82,420

10th percentile salary: $67,500

90th percentile salary: $107,010

Delaware

Foto: A fire truck leaves the scene after a fire broke out at a key gasoline-making unit at a PBF Energy Inc refinery in Delaware City, Delaware August 21, 2015. source Reuters/Charles Mostoller

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $44,250

10th percentile salary: $30,580

90th percentile salary: $65,240

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $75,690

10th percentile salary: $51,600

90th percentile salary: $100,840

Florida

Foto: A firefighter checks out a flooded car along Duval Street in Live Oak, Florida, June 27, 2012. source Reuters/Philip Sears

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $50,170

10th percentile salary: $29,320

90th percentile salary: $79,560

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $82,450

10th percentile salary: $54,050

90th percentile salary: $119,520

Georgia

Foto: A firefighter watches a helicopter above Georgia Highway 177 as the West Mims fire burns in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, April 25, 2017. source Fish and Wildlife Service/Mark Davis via Reuters

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $36,190

10th percentile salary: $22,280

90th percentile salary: $52,180

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $57,600

10th percentile salary: $35,670

90th percentile salary: $89,010

Hawaii

Foto: The lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano burns vegetation as it approaches a property boundary in a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) image taken near the village of Pahoa, Hawaii, October 28, 2014. source Reuters/U.S. Geological Survey

* The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not provide salary estimates for firefighters or their supervisors in Hawaii.

Idaho

Foto: The Saddle Complex Fire, 23 miles northwest of North Fork, Idaho, is shown in this August 21, 2011 handout photo released to Reuters August 23, 2011. source Reuters/North Fork Ranger District/US Forest Service

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $37,130

10th percentile salary: $19,600

90th percentile salary: $64,200

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $57,410

10th percentile salary: $18,290

90th percentile salary: $99,740

Illinois

Foto: Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Charley De Jesus walks around an ice-covered warehouse that caught fire Tuesday night in Chicago January 23, 2013. source Reuters/John Gress

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $51,850

10th percentile salary: $19,670

90th percentile salary: $96,010

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $95,370

10th percentile salary: $48,980

90th percentile salary: $130,670

Indiana

Foto: Members of the Indiana Forest Service rest before heading out to fight brush fires July 5, 1998 in Bunnell, Florida. source Reuters/John Kuntz

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $49,470

10th percentile salary: $25,290

90th percentile salary: $68,380

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $62,760

10th percentile salary: $42,490

90th percentile salary: $87,900

Iowa

Foto: Cedar Rapids firefighter Jason Lopez holds a cat rescued from the attic of a flooded home June 13, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. source Getty Images/Scott Olson

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $41,890

10th percentile salary: $21,440

90th percentile salary: $59,810

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $66,800

10th percentile salary: $44,740

90th percentile salary: $99,470

Kansas

Foto: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Kansas National Guard carries a water bucket as it prepares to help fight the Anderson Creek wildfire in southern Kansas, March 25, 2016. source Reuters/Kansas National Guard via social media/Sgt. Zachary Sheely

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $36,250

10th percentile salary: $21,580

90th percentile salary: $54,930

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $58,870

10th percentile salary: $35,250

90th percentile salary: $97,130

Kentucky

Foto: Kevin Gross, 41, a volunteer firefighter with Wolfe County Fire Rescue, stands in front of the fire station in Campton, Kentucky, U.S., February 10, 2018. source Reuters/Bryan Woolston

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $30,310

10th percentile salary: $20,340

90th percentile salary: $49,190

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $57,150

10th percentile salary: $32,600

90th percentile salary: $87,210

Louisiana

Foto: Renton Affray, a firefighter with the St. Amant Fire Department, embraces his girlfriend Malie Geautrux on a flooded street in St. Amant, Louisiana, U.S., August 15, 2016. source Reuters/Jonathan Bachman

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $28,980

10th percentile salary: $18,120

90th percentile salary: $56,270

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $56,270

10th percentile salary: $33,140

90th percentile salary: $83,270

Maine

Foto: A team of firefighters from Portland, Maine, ski through a slalom course at the Firefighters Ski Race March 19, 2006 at Sunday River Ski Area in Newry, Maine. source Getty Images/Herb Swanson

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $30,880

10th percentile salary: $22,470

90th percentile salary: $48,880

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $57,800

10th percentile salary: $38,070

90th percentile salary: $79,440

Maryland

Foto: A firefighter demonstrates the incorrect method of putting out a stovetop fire with water at a Consumer Product Safety Commission holds a Thanksgiving fire and food safety demonstration of holiday kitchen fires in Rockville, Maryland, November 22, 2016. source Reuters/Gary Cameron

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $30,880

10th percentile salary: $22,470

90th percentile salary: $48,880

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $57,800

10th percentile salary: $38,070

90th percentile salary: $79,440

Massachusetts

Foto: Boston firefighters wade through a street flooded from tidal surge during Storm Grayson in Boston, Massachusetts, January 4, 2018. source Reuters/Brian Snyder

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $59,770

10th percentile salary: $35,670

90th percentile salary: $88,250

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $83,180

10th percentile salary: $58,680

90th percentile salary: $129,230

Michigan

Foto: Detroit firefighters try to contain a fire at a shed in Detroit, Michigan December 3, 2013. source Reuters/Joshua Lott

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $44,210

10th percentile salary: $23,150

90th percentile salary: $69,910

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $66,790

10th percentile salary: $41,670

90th percentile salary: $92,040

Minnesota

Foto: Tom Cherep, a fireman with the Bloomington, Minnesota Fire Department poses with trick-or-treaters October 31, 2001 at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. source Eric Miller/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $29,820

10th percentile salary: $20,580

90th percentile salary: $62,220

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $71,900

10th percentile salary: $31,160

90th percentile salary: $104,520

Mississippi

Foto: Biloxi Fire and Rescue officers ride on the bumper of their truck through downtown Biloxi, Mississippi September 1, 2005. source Reuters/Joe Skipper

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $28,980

10th percentile salary: $18,780

90th percentile salary: $46,310

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $44,040

10th percentile salary: $33,220

90th percentile salary: $64,930

Missouri

Foto: Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) walks away after greeting firefighters as he arrives at Kansas City International Airport on October 18, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri. source Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $47,790

10th percentile salary: $24,400

90th percentile salary: $78,650

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $74,260

10th percentile salary: $37,030

90th percentile salary: $103,260

Montana

Foto: Wildland Firefighters battle the Bridge Coulee Fire, part of the Lodgepole Complex, east of the Musselshell River, north of Mosby, Montana, U.S. July 21, 2017. source Bureau of Land Management/Jonathan Moor via Reuters

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $50,420

10th percentile salary: $19,140

90th percentile salary: $70,300

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $67,850

10th percentile salary: $39,850

90th percentile salary: $83,050

Nebraska

Foto: Smoke rises from the Nebraska plains at the Region 23 Complex fire near Crawford, Nebraska in this September 1, 2012 handout photo. source Reuters/Darrell Hartmann/U.S. Forest Service

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $51,370

10th percentile salary: $28,800

90th percentile salary: $67,680

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $66,120

10th percentile salary: $52,140

90th percentile salary: $102,920

Nevada

Foto: Clark County firefighter and paramedic Scott Brockett packs his bag in a warehouse near Las Vegas, Nevada August 31, 2005. source Reuters

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $65,960

10th percentile salary: $38,620

90th percentile salary: $97,120

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $95,360

10th percentile salary: $59,680

90th percentile salary: $126,450

New Hampshire

Foto: US President Donald Trump receives a helmet from Manchester City Fire Chief Dan Goonan as he and first lady Melania Trump visit first responders who administer a drug treatment intake program at their fire station in Manchester, New Hampshire, March 19, 2018. source Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $46,820

10th percentile salary: $26,060

90th percentile salary: $66,720

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $72,480

10th percentile salary: $47,560

90th percentile salary: $101,260

New Jersey

Foto: A firefighter hoses down a burning brush at the scene of a wildfire that burned acres of woodland before being brought under control in Beachwood and Berkeley Township, New Jersey, April 24, 2014. source Reuters/Tom Mihalek

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $75,420

10th percentile salary: $37,460

90th percentile salary: $115,370

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $116,230

10th percentile salary: $82,620

90th percentile salary: $147,480

New Mexico

Foto: A wildland firefighting crew walks down Highway 180 in Luna, New Mexico, June 10, 2011 as the Wallow Wildfire continues to burn. source Reuters/Jim Urquhart

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $35,140

10th percentile salary: $21,770

90th percentile salary: $54,070

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $52,380

10th percentile salary: $42,490

90th percentile salary: $89,900

New York

Foto: People play with a dalmatian named '20' at the station of Ladder Company 20 before a ceremony to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011 in New York City. source Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $73,480

10th percentile salary: $47,330

90th percentile salary: $85,400

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $98,220

10th percentile salary: $70,000

90th percentile salary: $136,770

North Carolina

Foto: Firefighters wade through floodwater as they respond to a call of a gas leak during Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. source Scott Olson/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $33,760

10th percentile salary: $21,280

90th percentile salary: $55,910

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $67,490

10th percentile salary: $44,550

90th percentile salary: $94,390

North Dakota

Foto: Fargo City Commissioner Dave Pietkorn (L) and Fargo Fire Department Captain Chris Kankelfritz talk to resident Bill Snyder (R) in the Belmont neighborhood near the Red River of the North on the south side of Fargo, North Dakota March 31, 2009. source Reuters/Allen Fredrickson

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $44,110

10th percentile salary: $18,740

90th percentile salary: $60,590

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $66,330

10th percentile salary: $44,670

90th percentile salary: $97,230

Ohio

Foto: Firefighters battle flames with chemical foams at a magnesium fire at the Garfield Alloy Magnesium recycling plant December 30, 2003 in Cleveland, Ohio. source John Bashian/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $46,360

10th percentile salary: $22,580

90th percentile salary: $74,610

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $71,140

10th percentile salary: $42,130

90th percentile salary: $100,250

Oklahoma

Foto: A firefighter works to control the Rhea fire near Seiling, Oklahoma, U.S. April 17, 2018. source Reuters/Nick Oxford

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $41,920

10th percentile salary: $21,180

90th percentile salary: $69,440

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $68,550

10th percentile salary: $43,350

90th percentile salary: $102,640

Oregon

Foto: Primeville, Oregon Forest Service firefighter Nicole Martin (foreground) takes a little shade under a palmetto branch July 8,1998 as the rest of the team takes a break during a helicopter water drop on some hot spots in Palm Coast, Florida. source Reuters/John Kuntz

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $66,880

10th percentile salary: $35,170

90th percentile salary: $90,760

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $88,650

10th percentile salary: $48,460

90th percentile salary: $123,860

Pennsylvania

Foto: Erie firefighters remove snow from around fire hydrants on West 8th street after two days of record-breaking snowfall in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 27, 2017. source Reuters/Robert Frank

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $56,240

10th percentile salary: $29,030

90th percentile salary: $79,970

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $75,380

10th percentile salary: $56,540

90th percentile salary: $98,670

Rhode Island

Foto: Residents speak with firefighters as they deal with flooding issues on Moore and Perkins Street deal March 30, 2010 in Cranston, Rhode Island. source Darren McCollester/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $58,450

10th percentile salary: $37,380

90th percentile salary: $69,580

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $73,370

10th percentile salary: $55,790

90th percentile salary: $90,660

South Carolina

Foto: Firefighter Nathan Dewhurst of South Carolina sharpens his chain saw while fighting a wildfire in Big Sur, California July 5, 2008. source Reuters/Robert Galbraith

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $33,610

10th percentile salary: $21,810

90th percentile salary: $50,000

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $53,430

10th percentile salary: $34,780

90th percentile salary: $78,140

South Dakota

Foto: Firefighter Dave Cummings from South Dakota works through the woods of northern Flagler County, Florida spraying down hot spots, July 8, 1998. source Reuters/Jeff Mitchell

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $43,870

10th percentile salary: $28,630

90th percentile salary: $63,810

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $74,570

10th percentile salary: $47,590

90th percentile salary: $95,330

Tennessee

Foto: Actor Josh Brolin, singer-songwriter Dierks Bently and two of Nashville's firemen attends 'Only The Brave' Nashville screening hosted by Dierks Bentley at The Belcourt Theatre on October 12, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. source Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Columbia Pictures

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $38,460

10th percentile salary: $23,310

90th percentile salary: $60,730

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $54,750

10th percentile salary: $30,380

90th percentile salary: $79,450

Texas

Foto: Fire-fighters work to extinguish a fire at the Magnablend Inc. chemical storage site in the Dallas suburb of Waxahachie, Texas October 3, 2011. source Reuters/Mike Stone

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $52,420

10th percentile salary: $30,400

90th percentile salary: $79,640

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $77,430

10th percentile salary: $38,050

90th percentile salary: $123,440

Utah

Foto: A house is saved by firefighters at the Rose Crest fire in Herriman, Utah, June 29, 2012. source Reuters/George Frey

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $32,420

10th percentile salary: $18,260

90th percentile salary: $57,850

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $72,190

10th percentile salary: $35,420

90th percentile salary: $103,430

Vermont

Foto: Vermont firefighters quickly contain a fire that broke out in an apartment building in sub-zero weather Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 in Montpelier, Vermont. source Associated Press/Lisa Rathke

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $38,540

10th percentile salary: $20,810

90th percentile salary: $58,900

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $52,070

10th percentile salary: $41,190

90th percentile salary: $84,360

Virginia

Foto: Fairfax County firefighter and paramedic Tyler Brady plays the part of Santa Claus as he helps fellow firefighters from Bailey's Crossroads Station 10 to distribute toys to children at the Culmore Support Center December 22, 2016 in Falls Church, Virginia. source Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $50,160

10th percentile salary: $30,570

90th percentile salary: $74,100

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $81,520

10th percentile salary: $57,220

90th percentile salary: $120,320

Washington

Foto: Firefighters extinguish hotpots after a wildfire, part of the Okanogan Complex, swept through the area on August 22, 2015 near Okanogan, Washington. source Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $73,380

10th percentile salary: $28,100

90th percentile salary: $102,220

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $96,690

10th percentile salary: $68,090

90th percentile salary: $130,960

West Virginia

Foto: Firefighters inspect derailed train cars after CSX Corp train derailed in Mount Carbon, West Virginia pictured across the Kanawha River in Boomer, West Virginia February 16, 2015. source Reuters/Marcus Constantino

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $33,450

10th percentile salary: $22,970

90th percentile salary: $49,770

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $42,320

10th percentile salary: $26,910

90th percentile salary: $74,830

Wisconsin

Foto: Madison firefighter Mahlon Mitchell leads a chant as union members protest inside the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 4, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. source Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $36,580

10th percentile salary: $22,310

90th percentile salary: $70,270

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $75,180

10th percentile salary: $46,270

90th percentile salary: $101,420

Wyoming

Foto: An air tanker drops fire retardant chemicals on a forest fire near the resort town of Jackson, Wyoming July 27, 2001 with active flames visible below. source Reuters/Rick Wilking

Firefighters

Median annual salary: $43,430

10th percentile salary: $28,670

90th percentile salary: $64,330

First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers

Median annual salary: $69,220

10th percentile salary: $52,150

90th percentile salary: $95,550