Firefighters Salary in Savannah, GA

Firefighters pay range in Savannah

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,490 a year or less, while the top 10% make $70,560 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Savannah earn between $38,090 and $59,700.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Savannah

On the average salary of $50,520, a single filer in Savannah takes home about $41,000 a year, or $3,417 a month and $1,577 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 Savannah a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Savannah area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.2), so the average $50,520 buys what about $53,064 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Savannah ($47,240). A typical home costs $348,054, or 6.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Georgia cities

Savannah ranks 2nd 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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• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$92,730 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$86,440 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$75,660 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$74,680 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$60,240 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$58,970 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$58,370 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$55,670 a year

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