Firefighter · Columbus, IN
Firefighter in Columbus: -$81/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Columbus at $43,510 a year. About 90 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $34,220 and the 90th is $78,840. Pay ranks 275th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,084/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$81 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fort Wayne, about 130 miles away, at $1,943 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$81
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$43,510
$34,220 to $78,840
Rent (1 bd)
$1,084
$1,290 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
275th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $43,510.
- Taxes$703
- Rent$1,084
- Other living costs$1,920
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $43,510
- Federal income tax
- −$3,183
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,329
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,275
- City / county wage tax
- −$653
- Take-home pay
- $35,071
- Effective tax rate
- 19.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,084
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $3,004
Left over each month
$3,626 gross, minus $703 in tax and $3,004 in living costs.
-$81
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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- Electrician
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- Lawyer
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- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Columbus?
$43,510 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Columbus?
-$81 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,084, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Fort Wayne, about 130 miles away, leaves $1,943 a month, more than Columbus.