Firefighter · Auburn, AL
Firefighter in Auburn: -$208/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Auburn at $44,400 a year. About 230 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.45). The 10th percentile is $23,510 and the 90th is $61,200. Pay ranks 265th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$208 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Tallahassee, about 166 miles away, at $1,013 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$208
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$44,400
$23,510 to $61,200
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 1.45
Pay rank
265th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $44,400.
- Taxes$763
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $44,400
- Federal income tax
- −$3,290
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,397
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,030
- City / county wage tax
- −$444
- Take-home pay
- $35,240
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$3,700 gross, minus $763 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
-$208
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Tallahassee, $1,013/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Auburn?
$44,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Auburn?
-$208 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,224, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Tallahassee, about 166 miles away, leaves $1,013 a month, more than Auburn.