16. Colorado
Cost of Living Index: 102.1
Hourly wage: $ 24.30
Employment: 5,090
Let’s now pause to explain who is the real firefighter. There is a scene in Friends when Phoebe dates two guys who don’t know about each other. One of them is a firefighter. Let’s see what happens when they found out about each other and what made the firefighter guy break up with her. That is a real firefighter, ladies and gentlemen–protecting our parks!
In Colorado there 5,090 firefighters who would definitely dump someone because of irresponsible candle use issues.
