Firefighter · Kansas City, MO
Firefighter take-home pay in Kansas City: $617 left over a month
A local firefighter wage of about $55,500 in Kansas City, MO, after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,184. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$617
Local pay (annual)
$55,500
$3,700 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,184
$1,409 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a firefighter.
- Taxes$925
- Rent$1,184
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$617
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $55,500
- Federal income tax
- −$4,622
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,246
- State income tax (MO)
- −$1,682
- City / county wage tax
- −$555
- Take-home pay
- $44,396
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,184
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $551
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,083
Left over each month
$4,625 gross, minus $925 in tax and $3,083 in living costs.
$617
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Questions
What is firefighter take-home pay in Kansas City?
On a local firefighter wage of about $55,500, leftover after Missouri tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,184 is about $617 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Kansas City tax a firefighter paycheck?
Kansas City is in Missouri, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%.
How does Kansas City compare for a firefighter?
Open the Kansas City paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same firefighter household.