Firefighters Salary in Oshkosh, WI

Firefighters pay range in Oshkosh

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $29,050 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,310 or more. The middle half of firefighters in Oshkosh earn between $36,490 and $62,960.

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

Firefighters salary after taxes in Oshkosh

On the average salary of $49,550, a single filer in Oshkosh takes home about $40,439 a year, or $3,370 a month and $1,555 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Oshkosh area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.9), so the average $49,550 buys what about $53,320 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Oshkosh ($54,060). A typical home costs $304,543, or 6.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Firefighters salary in other Wisconsin cities

Oshkosh ranks 7th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Sheboygan pays the most ($59,450).

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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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• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$98,760 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$98,280 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$86,650 a year
• Correctional Officers and Jailers$81,300 a year
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$78,080 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$50,390 a year
• Security Guards$38,590 a year
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers$38,470 a year

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