Firefighter · Cleveland, OH
Firefighter take-home pay in Cleveland: $705 left over a month
A local firefighter wage of about $54,500 in Cleveland, OH, after Ohio tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,100. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$705
Local pay (annual)
$54,500
$3,640 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,100
$1,310 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a firefighter.
- Taxes$901
- Rent$1,100
- Other living costs$1,835
- Left over$705
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,500
- Federal income tax
- −$4,502
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,169
- State income tax (OH)
- −$782
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,363
- Take-home pay
- $43,684
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,100
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $515
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,935
Left over each month
$4,542 gross, minus $901 in tax and $2,935 in living costs.
$705
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Questions
What is firefighter take-home pay in Cleveland?
On a local firefighter wage of about $54,500, leftover after Ohio tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,100 is about $705 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Cleveland tax a firefighter paycheck?
Cleveland is in Ohio, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 2.50%.
How does Cleveland compare for a firefighter?
Open the Cleveland paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same firefighter household.