Firefighter · Springfield, OH
Firefighter in Springfield: $1,211/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Springfield median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Ohio median, $59,370 a year. BLS still counts about 90 firefighter jobs in the metro, without a published wage. Ohio has about 18,100 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $34,420 and the 90th is $84,010. On the pay used here, Springfield ranks 155th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($829/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 $1,211 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Erie, about 245 miles away, at $2,291 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,211
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$59,370
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$829
$987 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
155th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $59,370.
- Taxes$978
- Rent$829
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$1,211
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $59,370
- Federal income tax
- −$5,086
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,542
- State income tax (OH)
- −$916
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,187
- Take-home pay
- $47,639
- Effective tax rate
- 19.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $829
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,759
Left over each month
$4,948 gross, minus $978 in tax and $2,759 in living costs.
$1,211
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Erie, $2,291/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Springfield?
$59,370 a year. That figure is the Ohio median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published. About 90 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Springfield?
$1,211 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 $829, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Erie, about 245 miles away, leaves $2,291 a month, more than Springfield.