Firefighter · Albany, NY
Firefighter in Albany: $1,256/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Albany at $70,840 a year. About 480 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.48). The 10th percentile is $46,660 and the 90th is $82,190. Pay ranks 69th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,367/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,256 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 150 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,256
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$70,840
$46,660 to $82,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,367
$1,627 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 0.48
Pay rank
69th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $70,840.
- Taxes$1,326
- Rent$1,367
- Other living costs$1,955
- Left over$1,256
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $70,840
- Federal income tax
- −$7,199
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,419
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,291
- Take-home pay
- $54,931
- Effective tax rate
- 22.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,367
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,322
Left over each month
$5,903 gross, minus $1,326 in tax and $3,322 in living costs.
$1,256
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Albany?
$70,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Albany?
$1,256 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,367, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 150 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Albany.