Firefighters Salary in Springfield, IL

Firefighters pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,830 a year or less, while the top 10% make $94,850 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Springfield earn between $48,800 and $72,730.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $63,810, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $50,434 a year, or $4,203 a month and $1,940 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Springfield area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $63,810 buys what about $68,802 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($52,670). A typical home costs $200,409, or 3.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Illinois cities

Springfield ranks 5th of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($80,110).

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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 Springfield

• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$115,060 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$108,030 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$96,080 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$79,090 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$66,160 a year
• Security Guards$43,700 a year
• School Bus Monitors$33,220 a year
• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$32,250 a year

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