Police officer · Louisville, KY
Police officer in Louisville: $1,161/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Louisville at $63,220 a year. About 2,270 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.77). The 10th percentile is $46,980 and the 90th is $77,970. Pay ranks 246th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,161 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 195 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,161
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$63,220
$46,980 to $77,970
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
2,270
Location quotient 0.77
Pay rank
246th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $63,220.
- Taxes$1,181
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$1,161
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $63,220
- Federal income tax
- −$5,548
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,836
- State income tax (KY)
- −$2,398
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,391
- Take-home pay
- $49,047
- Effective tax rate
- 22.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$5,268 gross, minus $1,181 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$1,161
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 Louisville?
$63,220 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,270 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Louisville?
$1,161 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 5.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 195 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Louisville.