Police officer · Columbus, IN
Police officer in Columbus: $1,676/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Columbus at $72,500 a year. About 150 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.68). The 10th percentile is $51,690 and the 90th is $77,460. Pay ranks 201st-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,084/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,676 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 171 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,676
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$72,500
$51,690 to $77,460
Rent (1 bd)
$1,084
$1,290 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.68
Pay rank
201st of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $72,500.
- Taxes$1,362
- Rent$1,084
- Other living costs$1,920
- Left over$1,676
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $72,500
- Federal income tax
- −$7,564
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,546
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,145
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,088
- Take-home pay
- $56,157
- Effective tax rate
- 22.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,084
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $3,004
Left over each month
$6,042 gross, minus $1,362 in tax and $3,004 in living costs.
$1,676
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 Columbus?
$72,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Columbus?
$1,676 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,084, and pay covers 5.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 171 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Columbus.