Firefighter · Huntsville, AL
Firefighter in Huntsville: $257/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Huntsville at $48,010 a year. About 530 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $36,360 and the 90th is $62,580. Pay ranks 215th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,050/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $257 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Evansville, about 231 miles away, at $1,523 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$257
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,010
$36,360 to $62,580
Rent (1 bd)
$1,050
$1,250 (2 bd)
Employment
530
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
215th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $48,010.
- Taxes$800
- Rent$1,050
- Other living costs$1,893
- Left over$257
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,010
- Federal income tax
- −$3,723
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,673
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,211
- Take-home pay
- $38,404
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,050
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $559
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,943
Left over each month
$4,001 gross, minus $800 in tax and $2,943 in living costs.
$257
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Evansville, $1,523/mo.
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- Registered nurse
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- Elementary school teacher
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- 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 Huntsville?
$48,010 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 530 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Huntsville?
$257 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,050, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Evansville, about 231 miles away, leaves $1,523 a month, more than Huntsville.