Police officer · Canton, OH
Police officer in Canton: $1,579/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Canton at $64,340 a year. About 510 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.72). The 10th percentile is $51,030 and the 90th is $78,140. Pay ranks 239th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($792/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,579 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 97 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,579
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$64,340
$51,030 to $78,140
Rent (1 bd)
$792
$943 (2 bd)
Employment
510
Location quotient 0.72
Pay rank
239th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $64,340.
- Taxes$1,086
- Rent$792
- Other living costs$1,905
- Left over$1,579
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $64,340
- Federal income tax
- −$5,769
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,922
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,053
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,287
- Take-home pay
- $51,309
- Effective tax rate
- 20.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $792
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,697
Left over each month
$5,362 gross, minus $1,086 in tax and $2,697 in living costs.
$1,579
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Columbus, $3,180/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Canton?
$64,340 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 510 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Canton?
$1,579 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $792, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 97 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Canton.