Police officer · Anniston, AL
Police officer in Anniston: $319/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Anniston at $44,890 a year. About 320 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.71). The 10th percentile is $36,970 and the 90th is $63,110. Pay ranks 375th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $319 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 244 miles away, at $2,207 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$319
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$44,890
$36,970 to $63,110
Rent (1 bd)
$692
$824 (2 bd)
Employment
320
Location quotient 1.71
Pay rank
375th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $44,890.
- Taxes$774
- Rent$692
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$319
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $44,890
- Federal income tax
- −$3,348
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,434
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,055
- City / county wage tax
- −$449
- Take-home pay
- $35,604
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,648
Left over each month
$3,741 gross, minus $774 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.
$319
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $2,207/mo.
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- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
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- Firefighter
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Anniston?
$44,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 320 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Anniston?
$319 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 5.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Memphis, about 244 miles away, leaves $2,207 a month, more than Anniston.