Firefighter · Terre Haute, IN
Firefighter in Terre Haute: $891/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Terre Haute at $54,460 a year. About 150 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.03). The 10th percentile is $36,480 and the 90th is $54,500. Pay ranks 170th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/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 $891 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rockford, about 222 miles away, at $2,032 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$891
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,460
$36,480 to $54,500
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 1.03
Pay rank
170th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $54,460.
- Taxes$924
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$891
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,460
- Federal income tax
- −$4,497
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,166
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,604
- City / county wage tax
- −$817
- Take-home pay
- $43,376
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$4,538 gross, minus $924 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$891
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rockford, $2,032/mo.
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- Registered nurse
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- 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 Terre Haute?
$54,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Terre Haute?
$891 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 $759, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Rockford, about 222 miles away, leaves $2,032 a month, more than Terre Haute.