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Alberta Public Sector Compensation Disclosure · 2024

Firefighter salary in Alberta

Firefighters and fire officers in Canadian municipal fire departments.

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Alberta disclosure data includes published public-sector compensation records; some government records may be anonymized by position. It is not a general wage survey. Reported amounts may include overtime or expenses; these figures are not typical base salaries. Role matching uses published title keywords and can include related roles.

No records match this role in the selected complete reporting year. This does not mean the occupation is absent or unpaid; disclosure coverage and job-title wording vary.

Firefighter base salary — probationary to first-class

Starting/probationary rate to fully-qualified first-class firefighter at one representative municipal department per province; base only, excludes overtime, premiums and officer ranks. Municipal pay varies city to city.

Previously published benchmark snapshot; effective dates and agreement scope are shown below. These base-pay ranges differ from annual disclosure totals.

Province / agreementBase-pay rangeBasis / source
Alberta
Calgary Fire (IAFF 255)
$81,816 – $125,868Probationary (index 65) → Firefighter 1 (100%); effective Jan 2026 Source

Title matching rules: %firefighter%, %fire fighter%, %fire captain%, %fire chief%. Counts describe disclosure records, not unique people.