Police officer · Saginaw, MI
Police officer in Saginaw: $1,152/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Saginaw at $60,070 a year. About 230 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $44,740 and the 90th is $75,300. Pay ranks 284th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,152 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 241 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,152
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$60,070
$44,740 to $75,300
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
284th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $60,070.
- Taxes$1,057
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$1,152
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $60,070
- Federal income tax
- −$5,170
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,595
- State income tax (MI)
- −$2,315
- City / county wage tax
- −$601
- Take-home pay
- $47,389
- Effective tax rate
- 21.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$5,006 gross, minus $1,057 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$1,152
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 Saginaw?
$60,070 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Saginaw?
$1,152 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $856, and pay covers 5.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 241 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Saginaw.