Firefighters Salary in Topeka, KS

Firefighters pay range in Topeka

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $33,510 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,930 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Topeka earn between $41,240 and $75,930.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Topeka

On the average salary of $54,800, a single filer in Topeka takes home about $43,954 a year, or $3,663 a month and $1,691 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).

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

Prices in the Topeka area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.8), so the average $54,800 buys what about $61,698 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Topeka ($49,540). A typical home costs $217,683, or 4.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Kansas cities

Topeka ranks 1st of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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

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Related jobs in Topeka

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$102,140 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$91,210 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$82,750 a year
• Bailiffs$70,890 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$67,460 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$64,530 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$59,070 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$58,860 a year

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