Firefighter · Salt Lake City, UT
Firefighter take-home pay in Salt Lake City: $515 left over a month
A local firefighter wage of about $56,500 in Salt Lake City, UT, after Utah tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,269. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$515
Local pay (annual)
$56,500
$3,739 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,269
$1,511 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a firefighter.
- Taxes$970
- Rent$1,269
- Other living costs$1,955
- Left over$515
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,500
- Federal income tax
- −$4,742
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,322
- State income tax (UT)
- −$2,571
- Take-home pay
- $44,866
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,269
- Groceries
- $396
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,224
Left over each month
$4,708 gross, minus $970 in tax and $3,224 in living costs.
$515
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Questions
What is firefighter take-home pay in Salt Lake City?
On a local firefighter wage of about $56,500, leftover after Utah tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,269 is about $515 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Salt Lake City tax a firefighter paycheck?
Salt Lake City is in Utah, which taxes wage income.
How does Salt Lake City compare for a firefighter?
Open the Salt Lake City paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same firefighter household.