Police officer · Wausau, WI
Police officer in Wausau: $2,368/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Wausau at $78,150 a year. About 250 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.84). The 10th percentile is $59,130 and the 90th is $98,800. Pay ranks 124th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,368 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chicago, about 237 miles away, at $2,933 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,368
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$78,150
$59,130 to $98,800
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 0.84
Pay rank
124th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $78,150.
- Taxes$1,486
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$2,368
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $78,150
- Federal income tax
- −$8,807
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,978
- State income tax (WI)
- −$3,044
- Take-home pay
- $60,320
- Effective tax rate
- 22.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$6,513 gross, minus $1,486 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$2,368
Rank every metro for a police officer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chicago, $2,933/mo.
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Questions
What does a police officer make in Wausau?
$78,150 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Wausau?
$2,368 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 8.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Chicago, about 237 miles away, leaves $2,933 a month, more than Wausau.