Firefighter Salary in Idaho (2026)

Worth knowing: Idaho's substantial Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness wildfire response + the substantial post-2022 + post-2024 ID wildfire seasons is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US single-state wilderness wildfire operations and a feature most national firefighter career surveys understate for ID. ID substantial Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (the country's substantial second-largest US contiguous wilderness ~2.4M acres in Central ID + the substantial Frank Church wilderness substantial post-2020 + post-2022 + post-2024 wildfire response + the substantial Frank Church-Bitterroot-Salmon-Challis National Forest substantial wildfire activity + the substantial post-2024 Wapiti Fire + post-2024 ID substantial wildfire season + the substantial Frank Church + Sawtooth + Selkirk + Bitterroot wilderness substantial wildfire response training + the substantial ID Smokejumper base McCall + the substantial ID Smokejumper post-2020 substantial wildfire surge + the substantial US Forest Service + BLM ID + Idaho Department of Lands substantial wildfire response coordination + the substantial post-2022 ID wildfire-urban interface response in the substantial Treasure Valley + Wood River Valley + Coeur d'Alene growth corridor) supports substantial ID wildland + wildland-urban interface firefighter operations. Senior ID wildland firefighters + US Forest Service hotshots + BLM ID Smokejumpers + Idaho Department of Lands wildland firefighters clear $52-95K + hazard pay. Boise Fire Department BFD (~310 sworn + IAFF Local 149 + the largest ID career fire department + the substantial Boise Fire post-2020 Treasure Valley growth response + the substantial Boise Fire technical rescue + hazmat + ARFF + the substantial post-2022 Boise Fire wildfire-urban interface training) supports substantial ID urban + post-wildfire firefighter operations. Senior ID Boise + Meridian + Coeur d'Alene + Idaho Falls firefighter officers clear $72-112K + OT. INL Idaho Falls Fire Department (the substantial INL cleared facility fire + the substantial INL nuclear research + the substantial INL ATR + plutonium pit production qualification facility fire + hazmat + the substantial INL DOE Q clearance premium) supports substantial ID cleared INL fire work. Senior INL FFs clear $72-112K + OT. Mountain Home AFB Fire Department substantial federal civilian firefighter work supporting 366th Fighter Wing facility fire + Saylor Creek Range. PERSI Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho (~$24B+ AUM + ID public employee defined-benefit pension + the substantial PERSI covering ID career firefighters at 2.3% × years × FAS multiplier supporting career firefighter retirement after 27 years + the substantial post-2020 PERSI funded-ratio above 90% + the substantial PERSI Public Safety Tier) provides ID firefighter pension. ID recognizes public-sector collective bargaining for firefighters via IAFF + the substantial ID post-1985 RTW preservation of firefighter collective bargaining despite RTW status. ID flat 5.3% post-2025 HB 40 reform + ID property tax ~0.69% + no state estate tax. The 2025 OBBBA No Tax on Overtime federal deduction applies through 2028.