Firefighters Salary in Yuma, AZ

Firefighters pay range in Yuma

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,570 a year or less, while the top 10% make $81,340 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Yuma earn between $45,530 and $66,390.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Yuma

On the average salary of $56,230, a single filer in Yuma takes home about $46,349 a year, or $3,862 a month and $1,783 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 Yuma a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Yuma area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $56,230 buys what about $60,654 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Yuma ($44,170). A typical home costs $281,359, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Arizona cities

Yuma ranks 2nd 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 Yuma

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$107,990 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$93,640 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$83,130 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$74,100 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$67,810 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$57,280 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,490 a year
• Security Guards$38,340 a year

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