Firefighters Salary in Wichita, KS

Firefighters pay range in Wichita

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $49,650 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Wichita earn between $39,250 and $49,650.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Wichita

On the average salary of $43,770, a single filer in Wichita takes home about $35,707 a year, or $2,976 a month and $1,373 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Wichita area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.9), so the average $43,770 buys what about $49,210 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Wichita ($47,630). A typical home costs $225,557, or 5.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Kansas cities

Wichita ranks 4th of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job; Topeka pays the most ($54,800).

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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 Wichita

• Fire Inspectors and Investigators$56,630 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$88,180 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$87,230 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$76,500 a year
• Bailiffs$69,650 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$66,710 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$61,700 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$60,980 a year

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