Police officer · Boston, MA
Police officer take-home pay in Boston: $709 left over a month
A local police officer wage of about $87,000 in Boston, MA, after Massachusetts tax and a one-bedroom rent of $2,619. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$709
Local pay (annual)
$87,000
$5,455 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$2,619
$3,118 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a police officer.
- Taxes$1,795
- Rent$2,619
- Other living costs$2,127
- Left over$709
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $87,000
- Federal income tax
- −$10,754
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,656
- State income tax (MA)
- −$4,130
- Take-home pay
- $65,461
- Effective tax rate
- 24.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,619
- Groceries
- $464
- Getting around
- $445
- Healthcare
- $522
- Utilities and internet
- $290
- Everything else
- $406
- Total spending
- $4,746
Left over each month
$7,250 gross, minus $1,795 in tax and $4,746 in living costs.
$709
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Questions
What is police officer take-home pay in Boston?
On a local police officer wage of about $87,000, leftover after Massachusetts tax and a one-bedroom rent of $2,619 is about $709 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Boston tax a police officer paycheck?
Boston is in Massachusetts, which taxes wage income.
How does Boston compare for a police officer?
Open the Boston paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same police officer household.