Police officer · Bowling Green, KY
Police officer in Bowling Green: $1,057/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Bowling Green at $60,550 a year. About 360 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.02). The 10th percentile is $38,620 and the 90th is $75,200. Pay ranks 274th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,057 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 239 miles away, at $2,523 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,057
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,550
$38,620 to $75,200
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
360
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
274th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $60,550.
- Taxes$1,088
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$1,057
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,550
- Federal income tax
- −$5,228
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,632
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,291
- City / county wage tax
- −$908
- Take-home pay
- $47,491
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$5,046 gross, minus $1,088 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$1,057
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $2,523/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Bowling Green?
$60,550 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 360 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Bowling Green?
$1,057 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Decatur, about 239 miles away, leaves $2,523 a month, more than Bowling Green.