SALARY · FIREFIGHTERS · PENNSYLVANIA

Firefighters salary in Pennsylvania

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for firefighters in Pennsylvania, where the median was $73,460 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$73,460

$35 per hour at the median · That is $14,180 (23.9 percent) above the national median of $59,280 for this occupation.

$71,340Mean annual salary
$34Mean hourly wage
$5,020People employed in this job in Pennsylvania

Salary range

25th: $56,210Median: $73,46075th: $89,190
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$56,210
Median (50th percentile)$73,460
75th percentile$89,190
Mean$71,340

The middle half of workers earned from $56,210 to $89,190 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$58,254 a year
$4,854 a month
Federal tax $7,331 · FICA $5,620 · State tax $2,255

Caveat: the $0 deduction point for Pennsylvania was corroborated from a secondary host of the 2025 booklet, not from a pa.gov page.

Pennsylvania local earned income tax and the Philadelphia wage tax are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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