Police officer · Lima, OH
Police officer in Lima: $1,222/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Lima at $62,170 a year. About 180 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $47,770 and the 90th is $72,700. Pay ranks 256th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/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 $1,222 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 87 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,222
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$62,170
$47,770 to $72,700
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
180
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
256th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $62,170.
- Taxes$1,035
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$1,222
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $62,170
- Federal income tax
- −$5,422
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,756
- State income tax (OH)
- −$993
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,243
- Take-home pay
- $49,755
- Effective tax rate
- 20.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$5,181 gross, minus $1,035 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$1,222
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 Lima?
$62,170 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 180 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Lima?
$1,222 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 $977, and pay covers 5.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 87 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Lima.