Firefighter · Portland, OR
Firefighter take-home pay in Portland: $324 left over a month
A local firefighter wage of about $60,000 in Portland, OR, after Oregon tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,417. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$324
Local pay (annual)
$60,000
$3,795 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,417
$1,687 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a firefighter.
- Taxes$1,205
- Rent$1,417
- Other living costs$2,054
- Left over$324
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,000
- Federal income tax
- −$5,162
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,590
- State income tax (OR)
- −$4,709
- Take-home pay
- $45,540
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,417
- Groceries
- $424
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $477
- Utilities and internet
- $265
- Everything else
- $371
- Total spending
- $3,471
Left over each month
$5,000 gross, minus $1,205 in tax and $3,471 in living costs.
$324
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Questions
What is firefighter take-home pay in Portland?
On a local firefighter wage of about $60,000, leftover after Oregon tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,417 is about $324 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Portland tax a firefighter paycheck?
Portland is in Oregon, which taxes wage income.
How does Portland compare for a firefighter?
Open the Portland paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same firefighter household.