Firefighter · Honolulu, HI
Firefighter in Honolulu: -$801/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a firefighter in Honolulu. Pay is estimated at $58,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Honolulu ranks 173rd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 2.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,116/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$801 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Kahului is the strongest other metro for this job (-$948 left over a month), and Honolulu still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$801
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$2,116
$2,519 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
173rd of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
2.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $58,500.
- Taxes$1,042
- Rent$2,116
- Other living costs$2,518
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,500
- Federal income tax
- −$4,982
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,475
- State income tax (HI)
- −$3,042
- Take-home pay
- $46,001
- Effective tax rate
- 21.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,116
- Groceries
- $524
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $590
- Utilities and internet
- $328
- Everything else
- $459
- Total spending
- $4,634
Left over each month
$4,875 gross, minus $1,042 in tax and $4,634 in living costs.
-$801
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kahului, -$948/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Honolulu?
$58,500 a year. That figure is the an estimate, because BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Honolulu?
-$801 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,116, and pay covers 2.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Honolulu leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Kahului at -$948 a month.