Firefighter · Bowling Green, KY
Firefighter in Bowling Green: -$522/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Bowling Green at $35,240 a year. About 250 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.37). The 10th percentile is $32,250 and the 90th is $93,600. Pay ranks 326th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$522 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Evansville, about 95 miles away, at $1,523 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$522
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$35,240
$32,250 to $93,600
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 1.37
Pay rank
326th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $35,240.
- Taxes$558
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $35,240
- Federal income tax
- −$2,190
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$2,696
- State income tax (KY)
- −$1,279
- City / county wage tax
- −$529
- Take-home pay
- $28,546
- Effective tax rate
- 19.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$2,937 gross, minus $558 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
-$522
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Evansville, $1,523/mo.
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- Electrician
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- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a firefighter make in Bowling Green?
$35,240 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Bowling Green?
-$522 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 3.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Evansville, about 95 miles away, leaves $1,523 a month, more than Bowling Green.