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City
Oakland, California
Berkeley, California
Detroit, Michigan
Fresno, California
Anaheim, California
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gary, Indiana
Jersey City, New Jersey
Chicago, Illinois
Portland, Oregon
St. Paul, Minnesota
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cleveland, Ohio
New Haven, Connecticut
Newark, New Jersey
Rochester, New York
Columbus, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Denver, Colorado
Rockford, Illinois
Phoenix, Arizona
Dayton, Ohio
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Houston, Texas
Dallas, Texas
St. Louis, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Tucson, Arizona
Wichita, Kansas
BEGINNING AND MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES
Population
Class
(See Note)
QAVNADRATATDOAATAAAAAaAGCTArPMAaAraADADTOPrTOO
AND WORKWEEK OF FIREFIGHTERS
U. S. CITIES
Beginning Salary
Monthly Rank
686 1
644 2
619 3
592 4
584 5
564 6
555 7
551 8
523 9
520 10
515 11
509 12
508 13
507 14
500 15
496 16
489 17
485 18
482 19
477 20
475 71
473 22
472 23
471 24
470 25
467 26
464 27
464 28
460 29
460 30
450 31
Survey by City of Atlanta Comptroller's Office, June, 1966
Maximum Salary
Monthly Rank
731 1
710 2
695 4
693 5
710 3
627 10
555 24
584 16
629 9
641 8
615 12
602 13
549 26
624 11
533 36
584 17
536 15
683 7
564 18
544 28
688 6
536 33
588 14
562 22
541 30
514 37
564 19
564 20
559 23
550 25
545 27
Workweek
(Hours)
56
56
56
56
63
60
56
42
56
56
60
56
48
56
56
42
48
56
54
63
56
56
56
56
56
56
60
56
61.7
66
BEGINNING AND MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES
AND WORKWEEK OF FIREFIGHTERS U.S, CITIES
(Continued)
Population
Class Beginning Salary Maximum Salary Workweek
City (See Note) Monthly Rank Monthly Rank (Hours)
Memphis, Tennessee Cc 450 32 535 34 72
Jacksonville, Florida D 450 33 450 53 56
Hartford, Connecticut D 448 34 538 32 56
Baltimore, Maryland B 445 35 539 31 56.5
Spokane, Washington D 443 36 510 38 56
Indianapolis, Indiana Cc 438 37 563 21 56
Buffalo, New York B 433 38 542 29 50
Norfolk, Virginia c 422 39 535 35 72
Ft. Worth, Texas Cc 422 40 480 47 58
Des Moines, Iowa D 418 41 506 40 56
Birmingham, Alabama c 413 42 501 42 56
Miami, Florida Cc 409 43 497 44 56
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ss Gis ne an 405. lt 44, _._ S50 ee PE cm = ie corn 66
Atlanta, Georgia 9 = RE. 403_ 33. BS ns at WOT Gate 60
Worchester, Massachusetts D 402 46 510 39 48
Omaha, Nebraska c 400 47 500 43 60
Nashville, Tennessee Cc 400 48 486 46 60
Topeka, Kansas D 395 49 59.4
Louisville, Kentucky Cc 391 50 456 Si: 56
Fall River, Massachusetts E 390 SL 478 48 48
Columbus, Georgia D 368 52 453 a2 72
Tampa, Florida Cc 365 53 422 59 56
St. Petersburg, Florida D 364 54 472 49 56
Greensboro, North Carolina D 362 55 464 50 72
San Antonio, Texas B 360 56 502 41 56
Savannah, Georgia D 348 57 444 55 72
New Orleans, Louisiana B 345 58 405 60 52
Mobile, Alabama D 343 59 427 57 56
Montgomery, Alabama D 330 60 440 56 56
Little Rock, Arkansas D 325 61 425 58 72
Average - All cities above 456.08 543,28 57.56
Note: Population classes, based on the 1960 Population are as follows:
A - Over 1,000,000; B - 500,000 to 1,000,000; C - 250,000 to 500,000: D - 100,000 to 250,000; E ~- 50,000 to 100,000