Police officer · Greenville, SC
Police officer in Greenville: $759/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Greenville at $57,780 a year. About 1,910 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 $46,850 and the 90th is $75,260. Pay ranks 318th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,204/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $759 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Burlington, about 194 miles away, at $1,381 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$759
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$57,780
$46,850 to $75,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,204
$1,433 (2 bd)
Employment
1,910
Location quotient 1.02
Pay rank
318th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $57,780.
- Taxes$943
- Rent$1,204
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$759
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $57,780
- Federal income tax
- −$4,895
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,420
- State income tax (SC)
- −$2,000
- Take-home pay
- $46,465
- Effective tax rate
- 19.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,204
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,113
Left over each month
$4,815 gross, minus $943 in tax and $3,113 in living costs.
$759
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Burlington, $1,381/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Greenville?
$57,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,910 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Greenville?
$759 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,204, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Burlington, about 194 miles away, leaves $1,381 a month, more than Greenville.