Firefighter · Akron, OH
Firefighter in Akron: $1,292/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Akron at $61,140 a year. About 1,240 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.74). The 10th percentile is $36,200 and the 90th is $80,080. Pay ranks 117th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($904/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,292 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 247 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,292
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,140
$36,200 to $80,080
Rent (1 bd)
$904
$1,076 (2 bd)
Employment
1,240
Location quotient 1.74
Pay rank
117th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $61,140.
- Taxes$1,014
- Rent$904
- Other living costs$1,885
- Left over$1,292
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,140
- Federal income tax
- −$5,298
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,677
- State income tax (OH)
- −$965
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,223
- Take-home pay
- $48,977
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $904
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $526
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,789
Left over each month
$5,095 gross, minus $1,014 in tax and $2,789 in living costs.
$1,292
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Akron?
$61,140 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,240 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Akron?
$1,292 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $904, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 247 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Akron.