Firefighter · Toledo, OH
Firefighter in Toledo: $1,164/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Toledo at $60,590 a year. About 1,010 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.55). The 10th percentile is $34,870 and the 90th is $75,990. Pay ranks 125th-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($953/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 $1,164 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Erie, about 189 miles away, at $2,291 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,164
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,590
$34,870 to $75,990
Rent (1 bd)
$953
$1,135 (2 bd)
Employment
1,010
Location quotient 1.55
Pay rank
125th of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $60,590.
- Taxes$1,002
- Rent$953
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$1,164
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,590
- Federal income tax
- −$5,232
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,635
- State income tax (OH)
- −$950
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,212
- Take-home pay
- $48,561
- Effective tax rate
- 19.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $953
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$5,049 gross, minus $1,002 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$1,164
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Erie, $2,291/mo.
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Other jobs in Toledo
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- 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 Toledo?
$60,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,010 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Toledo?
$1,164 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 $953, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Erie, about 189 miles away, leaves $2,291 a month, more than Toledo.