Firefighter · Kiryas Joel, NY
Firefighter in Kiryas Joel: $793/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Kiryas Joel at $76,120 a year. About 230 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.38). The 10th percentile is $48,300 and the 90th is $82,580. Pay ranks 50th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,692/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $793 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 145 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$793
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,120
$48,300 to $82,580
Rent (1 bd)
$1,692
$2,014 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.38
Pay rank
50th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $76,120.
- Taxes$1,480
- Rent$1,692
- Other living costs$2,378
- Left over$793
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,120
- Federal income tax
- −$8,360
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,823
- State income tax (NY)
- −$3,582
- Take-home pay
- $58,355
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,692
- Groceries
- $485
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $546
- Utilities and internet
- $303
- Everything else
- $425
- Total spending
- $4,070
Left over each month
$6,343 gross, minus $1,480 in tax and $4,070 in living costs.
$793
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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- Electrician
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- 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 Kiryas Joel?
$76,120 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 Kiryas Joel?
$793 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,692, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 145 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Kiryas Joel.