Firefighter · Dayton, OH
Firefighter in Dayton: $929/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Dayton at $57,400 a year. About 1,260 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.52). The 10th percentile is $34,430 and the 90th is $78,110. Pay ranks 155th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/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 $929 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fort Wayne, about 99 miles away, at $1,943 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$929
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,400
$34,430 to $78,110
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
1,260
Location quotient 1.52
Pay rank
155th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $57,400.
- Taxes$938
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$929
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,400
- Federal income tax
- −$4,850
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,391
- State income tax (OH)
- −$862
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,148
- Take-home pay
- $46,149
- Effective tax rate
- 19.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$4,783 gross, minus $938 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$929
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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Other jobs in Dayton
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a firefighter make in Dayton?
$57,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,260 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Dayton?
$929 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 $1,018, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Fort Wayne, about 99 miles away, leaves $1,943 a month, more than Dayton.