Firefighter · Cincinnati, OH
Firefighter in Cincinnati: $870/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Cincinnati at $58,570 a year. About 3,380 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.38). The 10th percentile is $36,080 and the 90th is $75,820. Pay ranks 148th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/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 $870 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fort Wayne, about 139 miles away, at $1,943 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$870
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,570
$36,080 to $75,820
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
3,380
Location quotient 1.38
Pay rank
148th 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 $58,570.
- Taxes$961
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$870
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,570
- Federal income tax
- −$4,990
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,481
- State income tax (OH)
- −$894
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,171
- Take-home pay
- $47,034
- Effective tax rate
- 19.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$4,881 gross, minus $961 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$870
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fort Wayne, $1,943/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Cincinnati?
$58,570 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,380 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Cincinnati?
$870 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 $1,168, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Fort Wayne, about 139 miles away, leaves $1,943 a month, more than Cincinnati.