Fire Fighter 1st Class salary in British Columbia
31 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $119,230 and $120,117.
Median salary by year
Among people with this title on the list. The line is the same median in 2025 dollars, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01).
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| Year | Median | In 2025 dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | ||
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| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | $78,600 | $105,757 |
| 2013 | $78,764 | $106,067 |
| 2014 | $98,660 | $131,519 |
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | $91,800 | $118,875 |
| 2017 | $95,598 | $121,219 |
| 2018 | $97,417 | $120,254 |
| 2019 | $99,979 | $120,598 |
| 2020 | $103,643 | $124,074 |
| 2021 | $104,860 | $122,118 |
| 2022 | $105,806 | $115,260 |
| 2023 | $104,926 | $109,992 |
| 2024 | $118,424 | $120,943 |
| 2025 | $119,794 | $119,794 |
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People with this title by salary, 2025.
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Fire Fighter 1st Class in British Columbia’s public sector?
$119,794 among the 31 people with this title on the 2025 list. Only people paid $75,000 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.
How much do most people with the title Fire Fighter 1st Class on the list earn?
Half were paid between $119,230 and $120,117 in 2025; the highest salary was $121,165.
Which employer has the most people with the title Fire Fighter 1st Class?
City of Victoria, with 31 on the 2025 list.
How many people with the title Fire Fighter 1st Class are on the list?
31 in 2025, down from 36 in 2012.
How does Fire Fighter 1st Class pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $119,794, is 11.8% above the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($107,115).
How much does a Fire Fighter 1st Class make at City of Victoria?
The median salary of the 31 people with this title at City of Victoria was $119,794 in 2025.
Has Fire Fighter 1st Class pay gone up?
The median rose 1.2% from 2024 ($118,424) to 2025. In 2012 it was $78,600.
What is “remuneration”?
The one pay figure each city publishes for each person, its remuneration, shown as published. Victoria also lists taxable benefits and payouts, and expenses, in separate columns, which are not shown; Vancouver's remuneration includes payouts. How the lists work
Why is someone not on the list?
Only people paid $75,000 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Financial Information Act covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.