Firefighter · Winchester, VA
Firefighter in Winchester: $576/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a Winchester median for this job. The paycheck used here is the Virginia median, $58,670 a year. BLS still counts about 90 firefighter jobs in the metro, without a published wage. Virginia has about 11,160 firefighter jobs. The 10th percentile is $38,310 and the 90th is $77,310. On the pay used here, Winchester ranks 167th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,332/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $576 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Elmira, about 218 miles away, at $3,273 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$576
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,670
State median
Rent (1 bd)
$1,332
$1,586 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.60
Pay rank
167th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, firefighter pay of $58,670.
- Taxes$1,010
- Rent$1,332
- Other living costs$1,971
- Left over$576
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,670
- Federal income tax
- −$5,002
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,488
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,627
- Take-home pay
- $46,553
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,332
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,303
Left over each month
$4,889 gross, minus $1,010 in tax and $3,303 in living costs.
$576
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 Winchester?
$58,670 a year. That figure is the Virginia median from BLS OEWS May 2025, because the metro wage was not published. About 90 firefighter jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a firefighter in Winchester?
$576 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,332, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a firefighter keep more?
Elmira, about 218 miles away, leaves $3,273 a month, more than Winchester.