Firefighters Salary in San Antonio, TX

Firefighters pay range in San Antonio

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,560 a year or less, while the top 10% make $71,070 or more. The middle half of firefighters in San Antonio earn between $56,550 and $71,070.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in San Antonio

On the average salary of $61,670, a single filer in San Antonio takes home about $51,732 a year, or $4,311 a month and $1,990 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 San Antonio a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the San Antonio area are 5% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 94.7), so the average $61,670 buys what about $65,110 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in San Antonio ($47,010). A typical home costs $280,297, or 4.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Texas cities

San Antonio ranks 4th 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).

Firefighters salary by city

Related jobs in San Antonio

• Fire Inspectors and Investigators$70,820 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$108,460 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$86,640 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$82,930 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$74,530 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$71,770 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$68,400 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$61,020 a year

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