Firefighters Salary in Lynchburg, VA

Firefighters pay range in Lynchburg

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,070 a year or less, while the top 10% make $49,890 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Lynchburg earn between $36,320 and $45,490.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Lynchburg

On the average salary of $43,170, a single filer in Lynchburg takes home about $35,199 a year, or $2,933 a month and $1,354 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Lynchburg area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.4), so the average $43,170 buys what about $48,309 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Lynchburg ($46,190). A typical home costs $291,459, or 6.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Virginia cities

Lynchburg ranks 5th of 8 Virginia metro areas for this job; Richmond pays the most ($62,440).

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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 Lynchburg

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$98,260 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$91,860 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$75,470 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$61,910 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$58,590 a year
• Security Guards$52,570 a year
• Protective Service Workers, All Other$52,260 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$49,890 a year

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