Firefighter · Montgomery, AL
Firefighter in Montgomery: $131/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Montgomery at $48,780 a year. About 540 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.46). The 10th percentile is $37,140 and the 90th is $59,700. Pay ranks 204th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $131 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Tallahassee, about 188 miles away, at $1,013 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$131
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,780
$37,140 to $59,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
540
Location quotient 1.46
Pay rank
204th 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 $48,780.
- Taxes$857
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$131
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,780
- Federal income tax
- −$3,815
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,732
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,249
- City / county wage tax
- −$488
- Take-home pay
- $38,496
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$4,065 gross, minus $857 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$131
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Tallahassee, $1,013/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Montgomery?
$48,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 540 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Montgomery?
$131 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,121, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Tallahassee, about 188 miles away, leaves $1,013 a month, more than Montgomery.