Firefighters Salary in Atlanta, GA

Firefighters pay range in Atlanta

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,920 a year or less, while the top 10% make $68,680 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Atlanta earn between $39,830 and $57,670.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Atlanta

On the average salary of $50,410, a single filer in Atlanta takes home about $40,917 a year, or $3,410 a month and $1,574 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Atlanta area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.1), so the average $50,410 buys what about $50,381 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Atlanta ($51,170). A typical home costs $382,938, or 7.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Georgia cities

Atlanta ranks 3rd of 12 Georgia metro areas for this job; Columbus pays the most ($51,480).

All Firefighters salaries in Georgia

Highest-paying cities for firefighters

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

Firefighters salary by city

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• Fire Inspectors and Investigators$71,380 a year
• Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists$52,210 a year
• Bailiffs$118,210 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$90,250 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$81,490 a year
• Fish and Game Wardens$80,340 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$78,150 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$76,060 a year

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