Firefighters Salary in Bangor, ME

Firefighters pay range in Bangor

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $59,950 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Bangor earn between $38,000 and $59,950.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Bangor

On the average salary of $49,240, a single filer in Bangor takes home about $40,098 a year, or $3,342 a month and $1,542 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). Maine's standard deduction phase-out above $102,250 of income is not modelled.

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

Prices in the Bangor area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.5), so the average $49,240 buys what about $51,022 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Bangor ($47,960). A typical home costs $280,733, or 5.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Maine cities

Bangor ranks 3rd of 3 Maine metro areas for this job; Lewiston pays the most ($55,230).

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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 Bangor

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$99,460 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$96,760 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$72,350 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$72,270 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$61,140 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$55,760 a year
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers$44,810 a year
• Security Guards$39,270 a year

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