Firefighter · Bridgeport, CT
Firefighter in Bridgeport: $924/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Bridgeport at $81,680 a year. About 840 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $63,900 and the 90th is $86,150. Pay ranks 23rd-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $924 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 184 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$924
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$81,680
$63,900 to $86,150
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
840
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
23rd of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $81,680.
- Taxes$1,631
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$924
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $81,680
- Federal income tax
- −$9,584
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,249
- State income tax (CT)
- −$3,742
- Take-home pay
- $62,105
- Effective tax rate
- 24.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$6,807 gross, minus $1,631 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$924
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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- Electrician
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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 Bridgeport?
$81,680 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 840 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Bridgeport?
$924 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 2.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 184 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Bridgeport.