Police officer · Terre Haute, IN
Police officer in Terre Haute: $893/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Terre Haute at $54,500 a year. About 240 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.87). The 10th percentile is $42,010 and the 90th is $62,700. Pay ranks 343rd-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($759/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $893 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 243 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$893
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$54,500
$42,010 to $62,700
Rent (1 bd)
$759
$903 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.87
Pay rank
343rd of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $54,500.
- Taxes$924
- Rent$759
- Other living costs$1,965
- Left over$893
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $54,500
- Federal income tax
- −$4,502
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,169
- State income tax (IN)
- −$1,605
- City / county wage tax
- −$818
- Take-home pay
- $43,407
- Effective tax rate
- 20.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $759
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,724
Left over each month
$4,542 gross, minus $924 in tax and $2,724 in living costs.
$893
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 Terre Haute?
$54,500 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Terre Haute?
$893 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $759, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 243 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Terre Haute.