Greater Manchester Police Salary
The short answer
A GMP constable takes home £23,276 to £35,483 a year — £1,939.64 to £2,956.92 a month — after income tax, National Insurance and pension contributions.
GMP Constable Pay Scale (national rates)
| Pay Point | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Pay Point 1 (entry) | £32,255 | £2,687.92 |
| Pay Point 2 | £33,609 | £2,800.75 |
| Pay Point 3 | £34,972 | £2,914.33 |
| Pay Point 4 | £36,335 | £3,027.92 |
| Pay Point 5 | £39,058 | £3,254.83 |
| Pay Point 6 | £44,544 | £3,712.00 |
| Pay Point 7 (top) | £52,015 | £4,334.58 |
Take-Home Pay After Tax, NI and Pension
| Pay Point | Gross | Pension | Tax | NI | Net | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay Point 1 (entry) | £32,255 | £4,335 | £3,070 | £1,574 | £23,276 | £1,939.64 |
| Pay Point 2 | £33,609 | £4,517 | £3,304 | £1,683 | £24,105 | £2,008.74 |
| Pay Point 3 | £34,972 | £4,700 | £3,540 | £1,792 | £24,940 | £2,078.31 |
| Pay Point 4 | £36,335 | £4,883 | £3,776 | £1,901 | £25,775 | £2,147.88 |
| Pay Point 5 | £39,058 | £5,249 | £4,248 | £2,119 | £27,442 | £2,286.86 |
| Pay Point 6 | £44,544 | £5,987 | £5,197 | £2,557 | £30,802 | £2,566.87 |
| Pay Point 7 (top) | £52,015 | £6,991 | £6,491 | £3,050 | £35,483 | £2,956.92 |
Greater Manchester Police is a standard pay-group force: officers are paid the national scale with no London Weighting, London Allowance or South East Allowance. Figures assume the standard tax code and no student loan.
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Greater Manchester Police is the third largest force in England and Wales, covering Manchester and the nine surrounding boroughs. It is a standard pay-group force, so officers are paid the national scale with no regional addition.
Police pay in England and Wales is national. The Police Remuneration Review Body sets one scale that applies to every force, so a constable on pay point 4 at Greater Manchester Police is paid exactly what a constable on pay point 4 earns anywhere else outside London and the South East.
What varies between forces is not the scale but the allowances layered on top. Metropolitan and City of London officers receive London Weighting of £3,260 and a London Allowance of £6,819. Several South East forces pay a regional allowance of £3,105 or £2,070. Greater Manchester Police is in neither group, so the figures below are the national rates with nothing added.
Because the scale is national, the real variation in what GMP officers take home comes from overtime availability and shift patterns rather than from the force itself. Overtime is not pensionable, so it lifts take-home without raising the pension deduction shown below.