Firefighter · Kokomo, IN
Firefighter in Kokomo: $1,409/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Kokomo median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Indiana median, $62,780 a year. Indiana has about 8,530 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $38,460 and the 90th is $81,890. On the pay used here, Kokomo ranks 112th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($766/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,409 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 240 miles away, at $2,244 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,409
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,780
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$766
$912 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
112th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $62,780.
- Taxes$1,091
- Rent$766
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$1,409
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,780
- Federal income tax
- −$5,495
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,803
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,853
- City / county wage tax
- −$942
- Take-home pay
- $49,687
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $766
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,732
Left over each month
$5,232 gross, minus $1,091 in tax and $2,732 in living costs.
$1,409
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sheboygan, $2,244/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Kokomo?
$62,780 a year. That figure is the Indiana median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Kokomo?
$1,409 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $766, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Sheboygan, about 240 miles away, leaves $2,244 a month, more than Kokomo.