Firefighter · Sandusky, OH
Firefighter in Sandusky: $432/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Sandusky at $47,270 a year. About 270 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 2.47). The 10th percentile is $29,640 and the 90th is $75,920. Pay ranks 226th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($830/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $432 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Erie, about 145 miles away, at $2,291 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$432
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,270
$29,640 to $75,920
Rent (1 bd)
$830
$988 (2 bd)
Employment
270
Location quotient 2.47
Pay rank
226th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $47,270.
- Taxes$732
- Rent$830
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$432
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,270
- Federal income tax
- −$3,634
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,616
- State income tax (OH)
- −$584
- City / county wage tax
- −$945
- Take-home pay
- $38,491
- Effective tax rate
- 18.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $830
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $587
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,776
Left over each month
$3,939 gross, minus $732 in tax and $2,776 in living costs.
$432
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Erie, $2,291/mo.
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Other jobs in Sandusky
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a firefighter make in Sandusky?
$47,270 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 270 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Sandusky?
$432 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $830, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Erie, about 145 miles away, leaves $2,291 a month, more than Sandusky.