Firefighter · Paducah, KY
Firefighter in Paducah: -$276/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Paducah median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Kentucky median, $37,150 a year. BLS still counts about 100 firefighter jobs in the metro, without a published wage. Kentucky has about 5,150 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $27,870 and the 90th is $60,720. On the pay used here, Paducah ranks 345th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 3.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($821/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$276 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bloomington, about 235 miles away, at $1,729 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$276
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$37,150
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$821
$977 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.90
Pay rank
345th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
3.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $37,150.
- Taxes$598
- Rent$821
- Other living costs$1,953
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $37,150
- Federal income tax
- −$2,420
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$2,842
- State income tax (KY)
- −$1,355
- City / county wage tax
- −$557
- Take-home pay
- $29,976
- Effective tax rate
- 19.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $821
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,774
Left over each month
$3,096 gross, minus $598 in tax and $2,774 in living costs.
-$276
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bloomington, $1,729/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Paducah?
$37,150 a year. That figure is the Kentucky median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published. About 100 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Paducah?
-$276 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $821, and pay covers 3.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Bloomington, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,729 a month, more than Paducah.