Firefighter · Little Rock, AR
Firefighter in Little Rock: $512/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Little Rock at $48,110 a year. About 760 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $31,350 and the 90th is $69,480. Pay ranks 211th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($906/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $512 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 147 miles away, at $1,469 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$512
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,110
$31,350 to $69,480
Rent (1 bd)
$906
$1,079 (2 bd)
Employment
760
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
211th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $48,110.
- Taxes$757
- Rent$906
- Other living costs$1,835
- Left over$512
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,110
- Federal income tax
- −$3,735
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,680
- State income tax (AR)
- −$1,664
- Take-home pay
- $39,031
- Effective tax rate
- 18.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $906
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,741
Left over each month
$4,009 gross, minus $757 in tax and $2,741 in living costs.
$512
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $1,469/mo.
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Other jobs in Little Rock
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- 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 Little Rock?
$48,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 760 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Little Rock?
$512 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $906, and pay covers 4.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Memphis, about 147 miles away, leaves $1,469 a month, more than Little Rock.