Police officer · Lexington, KY
Police officer in Lexington: $987/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Lexington at $61,720 a year. About 1,090 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.88). The 10th percentile is $47,940 and the 90th is $88,250. Pay ranks 261st-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $987 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 155 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$987
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$61,720
$47,940 to $88,250
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
1,090
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
261st of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
4.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $61,720.
- Taxes$1,113
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$987
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $61,720
- Federal income tax
- −$5,368
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,722
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,338
- City / county wage tax
- −$926
- Take-home pay
- $48,367
- Effective tax rate
- 21.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$5,143 gross, minus $1,113 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$987
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 Lexington?
$61,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,090 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Lexington?
$987 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 4.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 155 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Lexington.