Firefighter · Greenville, SC
Firefighter in Greenville: -$341/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Greenville at $39,980 a year. About 1,290 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.33). The 10th percentile is $29,130 and the 90th is $60,260. Pay ranks 287th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,204/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$341 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cleveland, about 131 miles away, at $494 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$341
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$39,980
$29,130 to $60,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,204
$1,433 (2 bd)
Employment
1,290
Location quotient 1.33
Pay rank
287th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $39,980.
- Taxes$559
- Rent$1,204
- Other living costs$1,909
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $39,980
- Federal income tax
- −$2,759
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,058
- State income tax (SC)
- −$896
- Take-home pay
- $33,266
- Effective tax rate
- 16.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,204
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,113
Left over each month
$3,332 gross, minus $559 in tax and $3,113 in living costs.
-$341
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cleveland, $494/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Greenville?
$39,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,290 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Greenville?
-$341 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,204, and pay covers 2.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Cleveland, about 131 miles away, leaves $494 a month, more than Greenville.