Firefighters Salary in Syracuse, NY

Firefighters pay range in Syracuse

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,230 a year or less, while the top 10% make $96,360 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Syracuse earn between $51,050 and $72,760.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Syracuse

On the average salary of $63,910, a single filer in Syracuse takes home about $50,622 a year, or $4,218 a month and $1,947 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). New York City (up to 3.876%) and Yonkers income taxes are not included.

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

Prices in the Syracuse area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $63,910 buys what about $66,752 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Syracuse ($52,990). A typical home costs $264,903, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other New York cities

Syracuse ranks 8th of 9 New York metro areas for this job; New York pays the most ($92,410).

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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 Syracuse

• Fire Inspectors and Investigators$68,610 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$110,940 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$95,600 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$94,460 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$85,780 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$80,610 a year
• Bailiffs$77,670 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$73,940 a year

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