Firefighters Salary in Richmond, VA

Firefighters pay range in Richmond

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,940 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,310 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Richmond earn between $50,170 and $76,540.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Richmond

On the average salary of $62,440, a single filer in Richmond takes home about $49,574 a year, or $4,131 a month and $1,907 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Richmond area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.9), so the average $62,440 buys what about $63,807 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Richmond ($51,460). A typical home costs $397,705, or 6.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Virginia cities

Richmond ranks 1st of 8 Virginia metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Firefighters salaries in Virginia

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 Richmond

• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$107,600 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$101,930 a year
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators$99,220 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$72,580 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$69,660 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$66,540 a year
• Bailiffs$64,130 a year
• Transportation Security Screeners$63,580 a year

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