Firefighter · Syracuse, NY
Firefighter in Syracuse: $650/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Syracuse at $58,470 a year. About 210 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.32). The 10th percentile is $47,230 and the 90th is $96,360. Pay ranks 150th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,236/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $650 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 66 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$650
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,470
$47,230 to $96,360
Rent (1 bd)
$1,236
$1,472 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 0.32
Pay rank
150th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $58,470.
- Taxes$1,005
- Rent$1,236
- Other living costs$1,981
- Left over$650
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,470
- Federal income tax
- −$4,978
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,473
- State income tax (NY)
- −$2,611
- Take-home pay
- $46,408
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,236
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,217
Left over each month
$4,873 gross, minus $1,005 in tax and $3,217 in living costs.
$650
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Elmira, $3,273/mo.
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Syracuse?
$58,470 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 210 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Syracuse?
$650 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,236, and pay covers 3.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 66 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Syracuse.