Firefighters Salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Firefighters pay range in Flagstaff

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,690 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,780 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Flagstaff earn between $46,850 and $60,980.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Flagstaff

On the average salary of $55,350, a single filer in Flagstaff takes home about $45,664 a year, or $3,805 a month and $1,756 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Flagstaff area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.3), so the average $55,350 buys what about $55,171 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Flagstaff ($47,500). A typical home costs $628,981, or 11.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Arizona cities

Flagstaff ranks 3rd of 7 Arizona metro areas for this job; Phoenix pays the most ($67,910).

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Highest-paying cities for firefighters

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

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Related jobs in Flagstaff

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$111,590 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$84,470 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$84,080 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$76,370 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$76,220 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$60,510 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$57,990 a year
• Protective Service Workers, All Other$57,910 a year

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