New York Fire Fighters: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Fire Fighters in New York

Fast Facts for Fire Fighters in New York

Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Poughkeepsie, Binghamton, and Syracuse
Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Nassau, Utica, and Albany
Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Rochester, Albany, and Syracuse

Salaries for Fire Fighters in New York

Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Nassau, Poughkeepsie, and Rochester. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Fire Fighters in New York are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Fire Fighters in New York

Kaplan University offers dozens of online degree programs, designed for learners who require maximum schedule flexibility. Some degrees cab be earned in as few as 12 months.

Programs: Security And Law Enforcement
Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

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Concord Law School
Online

Offers legal career training and degree programs. Offered online

Programs: Security And Law Enforcement
Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

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New York Fire Fighting Schools

School Name	Campus	Highest Award	Enrolled
Broome Community College	Binghamton	Associate	6,558
CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice	New York	Masters	14,841
Suffolk County Community College	Selden	Associate	22,092

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Fire Fighters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for New York. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Fire Fighters

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Fire Fighters relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	360	$54,910	0.8
Binghamton	150		0.8
Syracuse	390	$45,320	0.7
Rochester	620	$53,460	0.7
Albany	470	$48,660	0.6
Utica	120	$47,110	0.5
Nassau	100	$62,310

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