Firefighter · Coeur d'Alene, ID
Firefighter in Coeur d'Alene: $603/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Coeur d'Alene at $58,820 a year. About 200 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.24). The 10th percentile is $36,160 and the 90th is $86,830. Pay ranks 147th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,359/mo). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $603 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Walla Walla, about 131 miles away, at $2,975 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$603
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,820
$36,160 to $86,830
Rent (1 bd)
$1,359
$1,618 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 1.24
Pay rank
147th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $58,820.
- Taxes$1,003
- Rent$1,359
- Other living costs$1,937
- Left over$603
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,820
- Federal income tax
- −$5,020
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,500
- State income tax (ID)
- −$2,518
- Take-home pay
- $46,782
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,359
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,296
Left over each month
$4,902 gross, minus $1,003 in tax and $3,296 in living costs.
$603
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Walla Walla, $2,975/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Coeur d'Alene?
$58,820 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Coeur d'Alene?
$603 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax Rent is $1,359, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Walla Walla, about 131 miles away, leaves $2,975 a month, more than Coeur d'Alene.