Firefighters Salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Firefighters pay range in Corpus Christi

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,180 a year or less, while the top 10% make $65,250 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Corpus Christi earn between $48,700 and $56,820.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Corpus Christi

On the average salary of $52,630, a single filer in Corpus Christi takes home about $44,468 a year, or $3,706 a month and $1,710 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Corpus Christi area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $52,630 buys what about $56,792 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Corpus Christi ($45,350). A typical home costs $225,070, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Texas cities

Corpus Christi ranks 13th of 22 Texas metro areas for this job; Lubbock pays the most ($72,490).

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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 Corpus Christi

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$103,500 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$94,230 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$76,080 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$74,720 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$71,930 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$60,120 a year
• Protective Service Workers, All Other$57,010 a year
• Private Detectives and Investigators$53,070 a year

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