Police officer · Ann Arbor, MI
Police officer in Ann Arbor: $1,500/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Ann Arbor at $74,410 a year. About 480 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.51). The 10th percentile is $55,210 and the 90th is $102,600. Pay ranks 176th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,492/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,500 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 166 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,500
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$74,410
$55,210 to $102,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,492
$1,776 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 0.51
Pay rank
176th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $74,410.
- Taxes$1,445
- Rent$1,492
- Other living costs$1,763
- Left over$1,500
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $74,410
- Federal income tax
- −$7,984
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,692
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,924
- City / county wage tax
- −$744
- Take-home pay
- $57,065
- Effective tax rate
- 23.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,492
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $394
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,255
Left over each month
$6,201 gross, minus $1,445 in tax and $3,255 in living costs.
$1,500
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Columbus, $3,180/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Ann Arbor?
$74,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Ann Arbor?
$1,500 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,492, and pay covers 4.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 166 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Ann Arbor.