Firefighters Salary in Waco, TX

Firefighters pay range in Waco

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $46,310 a year or less, while the top 10% make $69,740 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Waco earn between $49,080 and $69,740.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Waco

On the average salary of $59,330, a single filer in Waco takes home about $49,852 a year, or $4,154 a month and $1,917 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 Waco a good place for firefighters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Waco area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.5), so the average $59,330 buys what about $64,106 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Waco ($46,020). A typical home costs $256,772, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Texas cities

Waco ranks 7th 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 Waco

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$106,230 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$82,550 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$80,150 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$74,520 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$65,050 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,440 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$45,270 a year
• Security Guards$38,140 a year

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