Firefighter · Canton, OH
Firefighter in Canton: $63/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Canton at $40,170 a year. About 570 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.56). The 10th percentile is $30,470 and the 90th is $55,400. Pay ranks 286th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($792/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $63 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Erie, about 114 miles away, at $2,291 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$63
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$40,170
$30,470 to $55,400
Rent (1 bd)
$792
$943 (2 bd)
Employment
570
Location quotient 1.56
Pay rank
286th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $40,170.
- Taxes$587
- Rent$792
- Other living costs$1,905
- Left over$63
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $40,170
- Federal income tax
- −$2,782
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,073
- State income tax (OH)
- −$388
- City / county wage tax
- −$803
- Take-home pay
- $33,123
- Effective tax rate
- 17.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $792
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,697
Left over each month
$3,348 gross, minus $587 in tax and $2,697 in living costs.
$63
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Erie, $2,291/mo.
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Other jobs in Canton
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- 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 Canton?
$40,170 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 570 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Canton?
$63 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $792, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Erie, about 114 miles away, leaves $2,291 a month, more than Canton.