Firefighter · Eugene, OR
Firefighter in Eugene: $943/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Eugene at $72,280 a year. About 300 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $38,800 and the 90th is $81,880. Pay ranks 65th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,403/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $943 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Olympia, about 208 miles away, at $2,328 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$943
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$72,280
$38,800 to $81,880
Rent (1 bd)
$1,403
$1,670 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
65th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $72,280.
- Taxes$1,569
- Rent$1,403
- Other living costs$2,108
- Left over$943
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $72,280
- Federal income tax
- −$7,516
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,529
- State income tax (OR)
- −$5,783
- Take-home pay
- $53,452
- Effective tax rate
- 26.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,403
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,511
Left over each month
$6,023 gross, minus $1,569 in tax and $3,511 in living costs.
$943
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Olympia, $2,328/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Eugene?
$72,280 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Eugene?
$943 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,403, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Olympia, about 208 miles away, leaves $2,328 a month, more than Eugene.