PAY & BENEFITS
Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services offers competitive pay and benefits.
Compensation
Starting Salary
$50,377
Education Incentive Pay
- $1,000 Associates Degree
- $2,000 Bachelors Degree
- $3,000 Masters Degree
Lateral Firefighters
Lateral firefighters will receive credit for years of service.
Specialty Incentive
Paramedic and Specialty Unit (Technical Rescue, HazMat, Med Ops) pay incentive available.
Sign-on Incentive
- $8,000 sign-on incentive for qualified lateral firefighters, EMTs and paramedics
- $4,000 sign-on incentive for non-lateral hires
Benefits
Eligible for health and dental coverage, retirement plan, life insurance, long term disability insurance, and deferred compensation.
Additional Benefits Available to Firefighters
- State of Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund
- Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services Death Benefit Fund
- Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services Flower Fund
- Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services Benevolent Fund
Leave
Paid Vacation Leave
- 13 days per year / 1 year of service
- 15 days per year / 5 years of service
- 20 days per year / 10 years of service
- 22 days per year / 15 years of service
- 25 days per year / 20 years of service
Holidays
11 paid holidays per year
Paid Sick Leave
Accumulates at 4.0 hours per biweekly
Maternity and Paternity Leave
Employees are eligible for 6 weeks paid leave.
Paid Military Leave
Up to 18 days per year
Bereavement Leave Policy
Full time employees will receive up to [3] days of bereavement leave with pay for [24] hours. Employees working in part time positions shall be eligible for bereavement leave equal to [3] part time days off with pay.