Firefighters Salary in Albany, GA

Firefighters pay range in Albany

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $30,190 a year or less, while the top 10% make $55,770 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Albany earn between $33,550 and $53,290.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Albany

On the average salary of $44,530, a single filer in Albany takes home about $36,486 a year, or $3,041 a month and $1,403 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 Albany a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Albany area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 87.7), so the average $44,530 buys what about $50,793 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Albany ($43,620). A typical home costs $168,362, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Georgia cities

Albany ranks 9th of 12 Georgia metro areas for this job; Columbus pays the most ($51,480).

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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 Albany

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$71,720 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$71,230 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$64,210 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$55,290 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$53,980 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$47,720 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$47,590 a year
• Security Guards$32,170 a year

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