Firefighter · Louisville, KY
Firefighter in Louisville: $45/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Louisville at $45,160 a year. About 1,640 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $35,700 and the 90th is $65,720. Pay ranks 258th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $45 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fort Wayne, about 194 miles away, at $1,943 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$45
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$45,160
$35,700 to $65,720
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
1,640
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
258th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $45,160.
- Taxes$792
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$45
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $45,160
- Federal income tax
- −$3,381
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,455
- State income tax (KY)
- −$1,676
- City / county wage tax
- −$994
- Take-home pay
- $35,655
- Effective tax rate
- 21.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$3,763 gross, minus $792 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$45
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fort Wayne, $1,943/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Louisville?
$45,160 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,640 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Louisville?
$45 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Fort Wayne, about 194 miles away, leaves $1,943 a month, more than Louisville.