Firefighters Salary in Boise, ID

Firefighters pay range in Boise

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $32,810 a year or less, while the top 10% make $82,030 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Boise earn between $46,490 and $79,270.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Boise

On the average salary of $65,210, a single filer in Boise takes home about $52,228 a year, or $4,352 a month and $2,009 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Idaho's zero bracket uses the latest published amount ($4,811, 2025).

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

Prices in the Boise area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.4), so the average $65,210 buys what about $66,276 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Boise ($49,100). A typical home costs $496,288, or 7.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Idaho cities

Boise ranks 1st of 6 Idaho metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Firefighters salaries in Idaho

Highest-paying cities for firefighters

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

Firefighters salary by city

Related jobs in Boise

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$108,430 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$100,600 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$92,180 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$85,910 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$82,980 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$66,280 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$59,690 a year
• Bailiffs$57,840 a year

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