Firefighter · Hagerstown, MD
Firefighter in Hagerstown: $39/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Hagerstown at $49,690 a year. About 230 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $37,980 and the 90th is $79,070. Pay ranks 195th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $39 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 190 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$39
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$49,690
$37,980 to $79,070
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
195th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $49,690.
- Taxes$950
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$1,985
- Left over$39
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $49,690
- Federal income tax
- −$3,924
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,801
- State income tax (MD)
- −$2,187
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,491
- Take-home pay
- $38,287
- Effective tax rate
- 22.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $389
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $438
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $341
- Total spending
- $3,152
Left over each month
$4,141 gross, minus $950 in tax and $3,152 in living costs.
$39
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Hagerstown?
$49,690 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Hagerstown?
$39 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 190 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Hagerstown.