Firefighter · Tulsa, OK
Firefighter in Tulsa: $416/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Tulsa at $47,600 a year. About 960 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.94). The 10th percentile is $35,250 and the 90th is $62,410. Pay ranks 221st-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($967/mo). Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $416 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sherman, about 184 miles away, at $1,431 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$416
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,600
$35,250 to $62,410
Rent (1 bd)
$967
$1,151 (2 bd)
Employment
960
Location quotient 0.94
Pay rank
221st of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $47,600.
- Taxes$757
- Rent$967
- Other living costs$1,827
- Left over$416
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,600
- Federal income tax
- −$3,674
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,641
- State income tax (OK)
- −$1,771
- Take-home pay
- $38,514
- Effective tax rate
- 19.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $967
- Groceries
- $356
- Getting around
- $536
- Healthcare
- $401
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $312
- Total spending
- $2,794
Left over each month
$3,967 gross, minus $757 in tax and $2,794 in living costs.
$416
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sherman, $1,431/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
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Questions
What does a firefighter make in Tulsa?
$47,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 960 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Tulsa?
$416 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oklahoma taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $967, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Sherman, about 184 miles away, leaves $1,431 a month, more than Tulsa.