City officials have said Newark cannot afford to match the salaries of other central Ohio communities. The fire department’s overtime budget was cut from $750,000 last year to $600,000 for 2025.

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The salary remains well below other Ohio cities with comparable populations to Newark. In Cuyahoga Falls, the starting salary for a firefighter had been around $60,000 as of 2023.