Firefighter · Cape Girardeau, MO
Firefighter in Cape Girardeau: $806/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Cape Girardeau median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Missouri median, $49,080 a year. Missouri has about 6,580 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $31,140 and the 90th is $79,360. On the pay used here, Cape Girardeau ranks 234th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($721/mo). Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $806 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Peoria, about 240 miles away, at $1,884 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$806
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$49,080
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$721
$858 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
234th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $49,080.
- Taxes$749
- Rent$721
- Other living costs$1,814
- Left over$806
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $49,080
- Federal income tax
- −$3,851
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,755
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,380
- Take-home pay
- $40,094
- Effective tax rate
- 18.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $721
- Groceries
- $351
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $395
- Utilities and internet
- $219
- Everything else
- $307
- Total spending
- $2,535
Left over each month
$4,090 gross, minus $749 in tax and $2,535 in living costs.
$806
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Peoria, $1,884/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Cape Girardeau?
$49,080 a year. That figure is the Missouri median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Cape Girardeau?
$806 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Missouri taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $721, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Peoria, about 240 miles away, leaves $1,884 a month, more than Cape Girardeau.