Firefighter · Sioux Falls, SD
Firefighter in Sioux Falls: $734/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Sioux Falls at $50,840 a year. About 190 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.47). The 10th percentile is $34,980 and the 90th is $61,420. Pay ranks 183rd-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($982/mo). South Dakota has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $734 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ames, about 191 miles away, at $3,039 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$734
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$50,840
$34,980 to $61,420
Rent (1 bd)
$982
$1,169 (2 bd)
Employment
190
Location quotient 0.47
Pay rank
183rd of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $50,840.
- Taxes$663
- Rent$982
- Other living costs$1,858
- Left over$734
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $50,840
- Federal income tax
- −$4,062
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,889
- State income tax (SD)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $42,888
- Effective tax rate
- 15.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $982
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $539
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,840
Left over each month
$4,237 gross, minus $663 in tax and $2,840 in living costs.
$734
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ames, $3,039/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Sioux Falls?
$50,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 190 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Sioux Falls?
$734 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Dakota has no state income tax Rent is $982, and pay covers 4.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Ames, about 191 miles away, leaves $3,039 a month, more than Sioux Falls.