Police officer · Montgomery, AL
Police officer in Montgomery: $113/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Montgomery at $48,490 a year. About 1,060 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.49). The 10th percentile is $37,530 and the 90th is $70,710. Pay ranks 364th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/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 $113 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Tallahassee, about 188 miles away, at $1,561 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$113
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$48,490
$37,530 to $70,710
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
1,060
Location quotient 1.49
Pay rank
364th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $48,490.
- Taxes$851
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$113
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $48,490
- Federal income tax
- −$3,780
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$3,709
- State income tax (AL)
- −$2,235
- City / county wage tax
- −$485
- Take-home pay
- $38,281
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$4,041 gross, minus $851 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$113
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 Montgomery?
$48,490 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,060 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Montgomery?
$113 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 $1,121, and pay covers 3.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Tallahassee, about 188 miles away, leaves $1,561 a month, more than Montgomery.