Firefighter · Lafayette, IN
Firefighter in Lafayette: $768/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Lafayette at $54,850 a year. About 200 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 $48,080 and the 90th is $77,360. Pay ranks 168th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($981/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 $768 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 228 miles away, at $2,244 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$768
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,850
$48,080 to $77,360
Rent (1 bd)
$981
$1,168 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
168th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $54,850.
- Taxes$931
- Rent$981
- Other living costs$1,890
- Left over$768
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,850
- Federal income tax
- −$4,544
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,196
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,616
- City / county wage tax
- −$823
- Take-home pay
- $43,672
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $981
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $518
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,871
Left over each month
$4,571 gross, minus $931 in tax and $2,871 in living costs.
$768
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sheboygan, $2,244/mo.
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a firefighter make in Lafayette?
$54,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Lafayette?
$768 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 $981, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Sheboygan, about 228 miles away, leaves $2,244 a month, more than Lafayette.