Police officer · Mobile, AL
Police officer in Mobile: $162/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Mobile at $47,000 a year. About 890 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.20). The 10th percentile is $36,570 and the 90th is $61,070. Pay ranks 369th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 4.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $162 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Tallahassee, about 235 miles away, at $1,561 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$162
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$47,000
$36,570 to $61,070
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
890
Location quotient 1.20
Pay rank
369th 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 $47,000.
- Taxes$819
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$162
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $47,000
- Federal income tax
- −$3,602
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,596
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,160
- City / county wage tax
- −$470
- Take-home pay
- $37,173
- Effective tax rate
- 20.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$3,917 gross, minus $819 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$162
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Tallahassee, $1,561/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Mobile?
$47,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 890 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Mobile?
$162 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 4.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Tallahassee, about 235 miles away, leaves $1,561 a month, more than Mobile.