Firefighter · Richmond, VA
Firefighter in Richmond: $704/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Richmond at $60,790 a year. About 2,020 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.37). The 10th percentile is $38,940 and the 90th is $77,310. Pay ranks 121st-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,362/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $704 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Altoona, about 218 miles away, at $1,837 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$704
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,790
$38,940 to $77,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,362
$1,621 (2 bd)
Employment
2,020
Location quotient 1.37
Pay rank
121st of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $60,790.
- Taxes$1,055
- Rent$1,362
- Other living costs$1,945
- Left over$704
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,790
- Federal income tax
- −$5,256
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,650
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,749
- Take-home pay
- $48,134
- Effective tax rate
- 20.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,362
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,307
Left over each month
$5,066 gross, minus $1,055 in tax and $3,307 in living costs.
$704
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Altoona, $1,837/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Richmond?
$60,790 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,020 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Richmond?
$704 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,362, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Altoona, about 218 miles away, leaves $1,837 a month, more than Richmond.