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Salary and limited benefits Survey
of 34 Central Indiana fire departments
Map
depicts 9 county, 34-department survey area
29
of 34 departments reporting (85%)
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2009 Salaries (All
Departments) |
|
Job Title |
Mean |
Median |
Range |
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Fire Chief: |
$71,376 |
$72,586 |
$46,209 - $107,246 |
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Deputy Chief: |
$64,825 |
$66,658 |
$42,900 - $81,879 |
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Assistant Chief: |
$62,694 |
$68,874 |
$20,000 - $96,251 |
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Division Chief: |
$64,687 |
$65,977 |
$42,062 - $86,855 |
|
Battalion Chief: |
$60,893 |
$63,847 |
$15,000 - $79,905 |
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Captain: |
$55,911 |
$58,309 |
$33,000 - $71,789 |
|
Lieutenant: |
$52,040 |
$54,535 |
$31,000 - $65,799 |
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Engineer: |
$54,751 |
$53,533 |
$51,192 - $60,904 |
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3rd Year Firefighter: |
$45,918 |
$46,300 |
$30,000 - $58,005 |
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2nd Year Firefighter: |
$41,867 |
$42,860 |
$29,000 - $51,025 |
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1st Year Firefighter: |
$37,561 |
$38,240 |
$25,000 - $49,088 |
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Admin Asst: |
$36,357 |
$37,285 |
$28,000 - $43,890 |
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Pension Base: |
$49,953 |
$51,651 |
$38,238 - $62,935 |
The following section
contains various benefit information that was also collected in the
survey. Due to the varying degrees of differences among departments, it is
very difficult to compare some benefits. Considered a work-in-progress,
the following information has thus far been compiled and included below.
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Employee PERF Contributions |
|
PERF Status |
No of Depts |
% of Total |
|
Did not report |
5 |
17% |
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Non-PERF Dept |
1 |
3% |
|
Employee pays 0% |
5 |
17% |
|
Employee pays 3% |
4 |
14% |
|
Employee pays 4% |
3 |
10% |
|
Employee pays 5% |
0 |
0% |
|
Employee pays 6% |
16 |
55% |
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Clothing Allowance |
|
System |
No of Depts |
% of Total |
|
Did not report |
5 |
14% |
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Quartermaster |
9 |
26% |
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Per-Employee Stipend |
20 |
57% |
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Clothing Allowance |
|
Per-Employee Stipend |
|
Range |
$200 - $1,400 |
|
Mean |
$629 |
|
Median |
$600 |
|
Mode |
$800 |
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Paramedic |
|
System |
No of Depts |
Mean |
Range |
|
Did not report |
5 |
n/a |
n/a |
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No system or no medics |
4 |
n/a |
n/a |
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Salary-based |
7 |
$45,675 |
$40,000 - $52,456 |
|
Per-Employee Stipend |
18 |
$3,148 |
$1,750 - $4,209 |
Excel
Spreadsheet containing raw data from each department:
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download)
Adobe
PDF containing raw data from each department:
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download)
Note:
All 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 data is ALSO included with the above spreadsheets
Limited Insurance Survey
of 12 Central Indiana public service agencies
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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 2009 |
|
Department |
Population |
Annual Calls |
AV |
ER / EE |
Employer |
Employee |
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City of Lawrence FD |
43,000 |
3,987 |
1,630,802,946 |
95/5 |
$ 17,076 |
$ 1,596 |
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Lawrence Twp FD |
105,000 |
4,995 |
4,006,986,396 |
84/16 |
$ 15,372 |
$ 3,936 |
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Franklin Twp FD |
36,000 |
3,043 |
2,089,899,410 |
80/20 |
$ 13,968 |
$ 3,456 |
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Johnson Co Sheriff |
121,000 |
Unknown |
6,641,068,180 |
80/20 |
$ 13,464 |
$ 4,704 |
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Indianapolis FD |
763,000 |
118,067 |
Unknown |
85/15 |
$ 12,564 |
$ 3,060 |
|
Avon FD |
36,000 |
2,809 |
2,943,045,193 |
92/8 |
$ 11,940 |
$ 1,092 |
|
Franklin FD |
22,000 |
2,168 |
904,146,600 |
95/5 |
$ 11,400 |
$ 600 |
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Greenwood FD |
47,000 |
4,956 |
1,827,650,990 |
89/11 |
$ 11,064 |
$ 1,392 |
|
Greenwood PD |
47,000 |
27,000 |
1,827,650,990 |
89/11 |
$ 11,064 |
$ 1,392 |
|
Perry Twp FD |
92,838 |
8,289 |
3,192,297,700 |
78/22 |
$ 10,000 |
$ 2,856 |
|
White River Twp FD |
37,000 |
1,758 |
1,740,138,520 |
85/15 |
$ 9,280 |
$ 2,292 |
|
Plainfield FD |
30,000 |
4,010 |
1,453,535,844 |
67/33* |
$ 8,436 |
$ 4,152 |
Assumptions:
- All numbers rounded to the nearest dollar.
- Departments sorted ascending by department contribution.
- When multiple plans were available, the plan with the closest deductible
to White River was used.
- Employer/Employee percentage only reflects the health insurance portion
of benefits.
- *Plainfield covers 100% of the employee but 0% of the family which equals
67/33 employer/employee percentage.
Excel
Spreadsheet containing raw data from each agency:
(click to
download)
DISCLAIMER
This information is deemed reliable and accurate, but as errors can and do occur, this information shall be used
for internal management use only and at the risk of the user. The White River Twp Fire Department is simply
the supplier of information and shall not be held liable for any errant or erroneous
data. All information herein was collected by the Salary & Benefits team at the White River Twp Fire Department for use in determining mean
wages and other key benefit data. This information is being shared with each of the participating departments
as a courtesy and only to the contact party identified in the survey. All information will remain confidential and
only available to those said individuals. All data will be available via a private link to a page on the White River
Twp Fire Department's web site to facilitate this data disbursement. The link will remain active and updated as
necessary to correct any errors or fill in missing information.
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