Firefighter · South Bend, IN
Firefighter in South Bend: $821/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in South Bend at $56,450 a year. About 440 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.51). The 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th is $70,190. Pay ranks 160th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,005/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $821 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sheboygan, about 158 miles away, at $2,244 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$821
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$56,450
$39,520 to $70,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,005
$1,196 (2 bd)
Employment
440
Location quotient 1.51
Pay rank
160th 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 $56,450.
- Taxes$964
- Rent$1,005
- Other living costs$1,914
- Left over$821
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $56,450
- Federal income tax
- −$4,736
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,318
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,664
- City / county wage tax
- −$847
- Take-home pay
- $44,886
- Effective tax rate
- 20.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,005
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,919
Left over each month
$4,704 gross, minus $964 in tax and $2,919 in living costs.
$821
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sheboygan, $2,244/mo.
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- Electrician
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- Lawyer
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- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Mechanical engineer
Questions
What does a firefighter make in South Bend?
$56,450 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 440 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in South Bend?
$821 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,005, and pay covers 4.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Sheboygan, about 158 miles away, leaves $2,244 a month, more than South Bend.