Firefighter · Lafayette, LA
Firefighter in Lafayette: -$765/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Lafayette at $30,100 a year. About 220 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.55). The 10th percentile is $22,180 and the 90th is $44,430. Pay ranks 341st-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 2.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,052/mo). Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$765 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Beaumont, about 124 miles away, at $1,648 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$765
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$30,100
$22,180 to $44,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,052
$1,252 (2 bd)
Employment
220
Location quotient 0.55
Pay rank
341st of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
2.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $30,100.
- Taxes$367
- Rent$1,052
- Other living costs$1,854
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $30,100
- Federal income tax
- −$1,574
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$2,303
- State income tax (LA)
- −$528
- Take-home pay
- $25,696
- Effective tax rate
- 14.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,052
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,906
Left over each month
$2,508 gross, minus $367 in tax and $2,906 in living costs.
-$765
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Beaumont, $1,648/mo.
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- Electrician
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Lafayette?
$30,100 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 220 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Lafayette?
-$765 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax Rent is $1,052, and pay covers 2.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Beaumont, about 124 miles away, leaves $1,648 a month, more than Lafayette.