Firefighters Salary in Billings, MT

Firefighters pay range in Billings

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $71,880 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Billings earn between $54,700 and $68,100.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Billings

On the average salary of $63,060, a single filer in Billings takes home about $50,642 a year, or $4,220 a month and $1,948 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 Billings a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Billings area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $63,060 buys what about $67,425 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Billings ($49,060). A typical home costs $410,666, or 6.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Montana cities

Billings ranks 3rd of 5 Montana metro areas for this job; Bozeman pays the most ($76,280).

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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 Billings

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$105,260 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$93,800 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,570 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$73,020 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$55,480 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,750 a year
• Protective Service Workers, All Other$41,660 a year
• Security Guards$40,820 a year

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