Firefighters Salary in Jacksonville, FL

Firefighters pay range in Jacksonville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $89,840 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Jacksonville earn between $47,790 and $83,140.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Jacksonville

On the average salary of $63,970, a single filer in Jacksonville takes home about $53,580 a year, or $4,465 a month and $2,061 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.

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

Prices in the Jacksonville area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 99.5), so the average $63,970 buys what about $64,302 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Jacksonville ($48,830). A typical home costs $352,994, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Florida cities

Jacksonville ranks 3rd of 19 Florida metro areas for this job; Miami pays the most ($76,350).

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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 Jacksonville

• Fire Inspectors and Investigators$69,490 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$114,660 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$98,610 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$96,710 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$82,780 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$77,640 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$75,330 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$65,980 a year

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