Firefighters Salary in Lubbock, TX

Firefighters pay range in Lubbock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,300 a year or less, while the top 10% make $91,010 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Lubbock earn between $65,090 and $77,290.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Lubbock

On the average salary of $72,490, a single filer in Lubbock takes home about $59,827 a year, or $4,986 a month and $2,301 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Lubbock area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.3), so the average $72,490 buys what about $79,383 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Lubbock ($42,130). A typical home costs $213,766, or 2.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Texas cities

Lubbock ranks 1st of 22 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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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• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$109,940 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$102,650 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$77,580 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$75,340 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$67,170 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$59,470 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$54,160 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$46,940 a year

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