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Box 14, Folder 12, Document 21
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BEGINNING AND MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARIES
AND WORKWEEK OF FIREFIGHTERS
U. S. CITIES
oe Source: Survey by City of Atlanta Comptroller's Office, June, 1966
Population
Class Beginning Salary Maximum Salary Workweek
City (See Note) Monthly Rank Monthly Rank (Hours)
Oakland, California Cc 686 1 731 1 56
Berkeley, California D 644 2 710 2 56
Detroit, Michigan A 619 3 695 4 56
Fresno, California D 592 4 693 5 56
Anaheim, California D 584 5 710 3 63
Minneapolis, Minnesota C 564 6 627 10 60
Gary, Indiana D 555 7 555 24 56
Jersey City, New Jersey Cc 551 8 584 16 42
Chicago, Illinois A 523 9 629 9 56
Portland, Oregon Cc 520 10 641 8 56
St. Paul, Minnesota Cc SiS 11 615 12 60
. Milwaukee, Wisconsin B 509 12 602 13 56
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A 508 13 549 25 48
— Cleveland, Ohio B 507 14 624 11 56
New Haven, Connecticut D 500 15 533 36 56
Newark, New Jersey c 496 16 584 17 42
Rochester, New York Cc 489 17 586 15 48
Columbus, Ohio c 485 18 683 7 56
Toledo, Ohio Cc 482 19 564 18 54
Akron, Ohio Cc 477 20 544 28 63
Denver, Colorado Cc 475 21 688 6 67.6
Rockford, Illinois D 473 22 536 33 56
Phoenix, Arizona c 472 23 588 14 56
Dayton, Ohio Cc 471 24 562 22 56
Grand Rapids, Michigan D 470 25 541 30 56
Houston, Texas B 467 26 514 37 56
Dallas, Texas B 464 27 564 19 56
St. Louis, Missouri B 464 28 564 20 60
Kansas City, Missouri C 460 29 559 23 56
Tucson, Arizona D 460 30 550 25 61.7
Wichita, Kansas Cc 450 31 545 27 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 Goi ne an 405. lt 44, _._ S50 ee PE cm = ie corn 66
Atlanta, Georgia 9 = RE. 403_ 73%. 45 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; CG - 250,000 to 500,000: D - 100,000 to 250,000; E ~ 50,000 to 100,000
AND WORKWEEK OF FIREFIGHTERS
U. S. CITIES
oe Source: Survey by City of Atlanta Comptroller's Office, June, 1966
Population
Class Beginning Salary Maximum Salary Workweek
City (See Note) Monthly Rank Monthly Rank (Hours)
Oakland, California Cc 686 1 731 1 56
Berkeley, California D 644 2 710 2 56
Detroit, Michigan A 619 3 695 4 56
Fresno, California D 592 4 693 5 56
Anaheim, California D 584 5 710 3 63
Minneapolis, Minnesota C 564 6 627 10 60
Gary, Indiana D 555 7 555 24 56
Jersey City, New Jersey Cc 551 8 584 16 42
Chicago, Illinois A 523 9 629 9 56
Portland, Oregon Cc 520 10 641 8 56
St. Paul, Minnesota Cc SiS 11 615 12 60
. Milwaukee, Wisconsin B 509 12 602 13 56
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A 508 13 549 25 48
— Cleveland, Ohio B 507 14 624 11 56
New Haven, Connecticut D 500 15 533 36 56
Newark, New Jersey c 496 16 584 17 42
Rochester, New York Cc 489 17 586 15 48
Columbus, Ohio c 485 18 683 7 56
Toledo, Ohio Cc 482 19 564 18 54
Akron, Ohio Cc 477 20 544 28 63
Denver, Colorado Cc 475 21 688 6 67.6
Rockford, Illinois D 473 22 536 33 56
Phoenix, Arizona c 472 23 588 14 56
Dayton, Ohio Cc 471 24 562 22 56
Grand Rapids, Michigan D 470 25 541 30 56
Houston, Texas B 467 26 514 37 56
Dallas, Texas B 464 27 564 19 56
St. Louis, Missouri B 464 28 564 20 60
Kansas City, Missouri C 460 29 559 23 56
Tucson, Arizona D 460 30 550 25 61.7
Wichita, Kansas Cc 450 31 545 27 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 Goi ne an 405. lt 44, _._ S50 ee PE cm = ie corn 66
Atlanta, Georgia 9 = RE. 403_ 73%. 45 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; CG - 250,000 to 500,000: D - 100,000 to 250,000; E ~ 50,000 to 100,000
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