Firefighter · Elizabethtown, KY
Firefighter in Elizabethtown: -$577/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Elizabethtown at $34,030 a year. About 130 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.10). The 10th percentile is $33,390 and the 90th is $64,940. Pay ranks 334th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$577 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fort Wayne, about 235 miles away, at $1,943 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$577
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$34,030
$33,390 to $64,940
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 1.10
Pay rank
334th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $34,030.
- Taxes$532
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $34,030
- Federal income tax
- −$2,045
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$2,603
- State income tax (KY)
- −$1,230
- City / county wage tax
- −$510
- Take-home pay
- $27,641
- Effective tax rate
- 18.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$2,836 gross, minus $532 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
-$577
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 Elizabethtown
- 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 Elizabethtown?
$34,030 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Elizabethtown?
-$577 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 3.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Fort Wayne, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,943 a month, more than Elizabethtown.