Firefighter · Milwaukee, WI
Firefighter in Milwaukee: $217/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Milwaukee at $49,760 a year. About 2,130 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $35,920 and the 90th is $80,320. Pay ranks 194th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,261/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $217 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 57 miles away, at $2,244 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$217
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$49,760
$35,920 to $80,320
Rent (1 bd)
$1,261
$1,501 (2 bd)
Employment
2,130
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
194th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $49,760.
- Taxes$773
- Rent$1,261
- Other living costs$1,895
- Left over$217
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $49,760
- Federal income tax
- −$3,933
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,807
- State income tax (WI)
- −$1,540
- Take-home pay
- $40,481
- Effective tax rate
- 18.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,261
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $503
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,156
Left over each month
$4,147 gross, minus $773 in tax and $3,156 in living costs.
$217
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 Milwaukee?
$49,760 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,130 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Milwaukee?
$217 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,261, and pay covers 3.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Sheboygan, about 57 miles away, leaves $2,244 a month, more than Milwaukee.