Firefighter · Tuscaloosa, AL
Firefighter in Tuscaloosa: $918/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median firefighter wage in Tuscaloosa at $58,400 a year. About 450 firefighter jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.85). The 10th percentile is $36,530 and the 90th is $87,400. Pay ranks 151st-highest of 346 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $918 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 176 miles away, at $1,469 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$918
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,400
$36,530 to $87,400
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 1.85
Pay rank
151st of 346
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $58,400.
- Taxes$1,063
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$918
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,400
- Federal income tax
- −$4,970
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,468
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,730
- City / county wage tax
- −$584
- Take-home pay
- $45,649
- Effective tax rate
- 21.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$4,867 gross, minus $1,063 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$918
Rank every metro for a firefighter
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $1,469/mo.
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Other jobs in Tuscaloosa
- 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 Tuscaloosa?
$58,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 450 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Tuscaloosa?
$918 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $930, and pay covers 5.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Memphis, about 176 miles away, leaves $1,469 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.