SALARY · FIREFIGHTERS · ALABAMA

Firefighters salary in Alabama

People ask me what a job pays, and my honest answer is always: it depends on the state. For firefighters in Alabama, the middle of the field earned $47,600 a year. Use that as your anchor, then look at experience, employer size and city before you judge any single offer.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$47,600

$23 per hour at the median · That is $11,680 (19.7 percent) below the national median of $59,280 for this occupation.

$49,720Mean annual salary

$24Mean hourly wage

$7,260People employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $37,150Median: $47,60075th: $59,520

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$37,150
Median (50th percentile)	$47,600
75th percentile	$59,520
Mean	$49,720

The middle half of workers earned from $37,150 to $59,520 a year. Hourly pay matters if your hours vary. An annual figure can look strong while the hourly rate tells a different story, especially in jobs with seasonal hours or overtime. Check both before you compare two offers.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$38,463 a year

$3,205 a month

Federal tax $3,532 · FICA $3,641 · State tax $1,963

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

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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