Police officer · Cincinnati, OH
Police officer in Cincinnati: $2,105/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Cincinnati at $80,410 a year. About 3,900 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $57,070 and the 90th is $98,630. Pay ranks 93rd-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,168/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 $2,105 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 106 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,105
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$80,410
$57,070 to $98,630
Rent (1 bd)
$1,168
$1,391 (2 bd)
Employment
3,900
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
93rd of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $80,410.
- Taxes$1,547
- Rent$1,168
- Other living costs$1,881
- Left over$2,105
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $80,410
- Federal income tax
- −$9,304
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,151
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,495
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,608
- Take-home pay
- $61,851
- Effective tax rate
- 23.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,168
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $520
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,049
Left over each month
$6,701 gross, minus $1,547 in tax and $3,049 in living costs.
$2,105
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 Cincinnati?
$80,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 3,900 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Cincinnati?
$2,105 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 $1,168, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 106 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Cincinnati.