Firefighter · Parkersburg, WV
Firefighter in Parkersburg: -$165/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Parkersburg median for this job. The paycheck used here is the West Virginia median, $37,350 a year. West Virginia has about 900 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $29,020 and the 90th is $51,390. On the pay used here, Parkersburg ranks 342nd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($744/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps -$165 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Erie, about 219 miles away, at $2,291 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
-$165
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$37,350
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$744
$886 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
342nd of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $37,350.
- Taxes$532
- Rent$744
- Other living costs$2,002
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $37,350
- Federal income tax
- −$2,444
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$2,857
- State income tax (WV)
- −$1,077
- Take-home pay
- $30,972
- Effective tax rate
- 17.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $744
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,746
Left over each month
$3,113 gross, minus $532 in tax and $2,746 in living costs.
-$165
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Erie, $2,291/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Parkersburg?
$37,350 a year. That figure is the West Virginia median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Parkersburg?
-$165 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $744, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Erie, about 219 miles away, leaves $2,291 a month, more than Parkersburg.