Police officer · Birmingham, AL
Police officer in Birmingham: $962/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Birmingham at $60,590 a year. About 2,730 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.22). The 10th percentile is $42,530 and the 90th is $77,220. Pay ranks 272nd-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $962 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 202 miles away, at $2,207 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$962
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,590
$42,530 to $77,220
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
2,730
Location quotient 1.22
Pay rank
272nd of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $60,590.
- Taxes$1,109
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$962
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,590
- Federal income tax
- −$5,232
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,635
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,840
- City / county wage tax
- −$606
- Take-home pay
- $47,277
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$5,049 gross, minus $1,109 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$962
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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Questions
What does a police officer make in Birmingham?
$60,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,730 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Birmingham?
$962 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 $1,106, and pay covers 4.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Memphis, about 202 miles away, leaves $2,207 a month, more than Birmingham.