Police officer · Auburn, AL
Police officer in Auburn: $772/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Auburn at $60,230 a year. About 410 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.32). The 10th percentile is $35,710 and the 90th is $78,700. Pay ranks 278th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $772 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Tallahassee, about 166 miles away, at $1,561 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$772
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,230
$35,710 to $78,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
410
Location quotient 1.32
Pay rank
278th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $60,230.
- Taxes$1,102
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$772
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,230
- Federal income tax
- −$5,189
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,608
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,822
- City / county wage tax
- −$602
- Take-home pay
- $47,010
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$5,019 gross, minus $1,102 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$772
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Tallahassee, $1,561/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Auburn?
$60,230 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 410 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Auburn?
$772 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 $1,224, and pay covers 4.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Tallahassee, about 166 miles away, leaves $1,561 a month, more than Auburn.