Firefighter · Albany, OR
Firefighter in Albany: $383/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Albany at $61,060 a year. About 100 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $41,640 and the 90th is $88,660. Pay ranks 118th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,271/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $383 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Walla Walla, about 232 miles away, at $2,975 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$383
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,060
$41,640 to $88,660
Rent (1 bd)
$1,271
$1,513 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
118th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $61,060.
- Taxes$1,230
- Rent$1,271
- Other living costs$2,204
- Left over$383
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,060
- Federal income tax
- −$5,289
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,671
- State income tax (OR)
- −$4,802
- Take-home pay
- $46,299
- Effective tax rate
- 24.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,271
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $630
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,475
Left over each month
$5,088 gross, minus $1,230 in tax and $3,475 in living costs.
$383
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Walla Walla, $2,975/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Albany?
$61,060 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Albany?
$383 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,271, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Walla Walla, about 232 miles away, leaves $2,975 a month, more than Albany.