Firefighters Salary in Anchorage, AK

Firefighters pay range in Anchorage

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $28,900 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,650 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Anchorage earn between $35,520 and $74,650.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Firefighters salary after taxes in Anchorage

On the average salary of $57,550, a single filer in Anchorage takes home about $48,421 a year, or $4,035 a month and $1,862 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Anchorage a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Anchorage area are 5% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 105.4), so the average $57,550 buys what about $54,591 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Anchorage ($60,200). A typical home costs $422,103, or 7.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Alaska cities

Anchorage ranks 1st of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Firefighters salaries in Alaska

Highest-paying cities for firefighters

Bakersfield, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($199,490).

Firefighters salary by city

Related jobs in Anchorage

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$158,070 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$129,810 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$111,620 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$86,580 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$85,030 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$72,280 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$71,970 a year
• Security Guards$54,540 a year

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