Police officer · Toledo, OH
Police officer in Toledo: $1,902/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Toledo at $73,650 a year. About 1,230 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.98). The 10th percentile is $60,060 and the 90th is $90,440. Pay ranks 188th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($953/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $1,902 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 118 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$1,902
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$73,650
$60,060 to $90,440
Rent (1 bd)
$953
$1,135 (2 bd)
Employment
1,230
Location quotient 0.98
Pay rank
188th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $73,650.
- Taxes$1,353
- Rent$953
- Other living costs$1,930
- Left over$1,902
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $73,650
- Federal income tax
- −$7,817
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,634
- State income tax (OH)
- −$1,309
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,473
- Take-home pay
- $57,417
- Effective tax rate
- 22.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $953
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $571
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,883
Left over each month
$6,138 gross, minus $1,353 in tax and $2,883 in living costs.
$1,902
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 Toledo?
$73,650 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,230 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Toledo?
$1,902 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $953, and pay covers 6.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 118 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Toledo.