Firefighters Salary in Tyler, TX

Firefighters pay range in Tyler

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,270 a year or less, while the top 10% make $78,350 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Tyler earn between $43,450 and $78,350.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Tyler

On the average salary of $55,390, a single filer in Tyler takes home about $46,686 a year, or $3,890 a month and $1,796 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 Tyler a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Tyler area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $55,390 buys what about $60,105 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Tyler ($42,650). A typical home costs $272,063, or 4.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Texas cities

Tyler ranks 11th 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 Tyler

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$117,580 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$89,000 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$82,850 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$71,610 a year
• Private Detectives and Investigators$54,790 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$46,390 a year
• Security Guards$40,660 a year
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers$26,890 a year

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