Police officer · Dayton, OH
Police officer in Dayton: $2,013/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Dayton at $76,310 a year. About 1,440 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $59,390 and the 90th is $91,670. Pay ranks 149th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/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 $2,013 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 70 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,013
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,310
$59,390 to $91,670
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
1,440
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
149th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $76,310.
- Taxes$1,429
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$2,013
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,310
- Federal income tax
- −$8,402
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,838
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,382
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,526
- Take-home pay
- $59,162
- Effective tax rate
- 22.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$6,359 gross, minus $1,429 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$2,013
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 Dayton?
$76,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,440 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Dayton?
$2,013 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 $1,018, and pay covers 6.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 70 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Dayton.