Firefighters Salary in Bend, OR

Firefighters pay range in Bend

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,800 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,330 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Bend earn between $53,710 and $65,200.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Bend

On the average salary of $61,140, a single filer in Bend takes home about $46,965 a year, or $3,914 a month and $1,806 every two weeks. Taxes take 23% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

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

Prices in the Bend area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $61,140 buys what about $59,011 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Bend ($54,570). A typical home costs $672,286, or 11.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Oregon cities

Bend ranks 6th of 8 Oregon metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($87,380).

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Highest-paying cities for firefighters

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

Firefighters salary by city

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• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$108,180 a year
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• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$91,510 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$82,610 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$58,590 a year
• Protective Service Workers, All Other$55,030 a year
• Security Guards$44,280 a year

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