West Midlands Police Salary
The short answer
A WMP 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.
WMP 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 |
West Midlands 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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West Midlands Police is the second largest force in England and Wales, covering Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. It is a standard pay-group force, which means 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 West Midlands 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. West Midlands Police is in neither group, so the figures below are the national rates with nothing added.
Officers transferring into West Midlands from a London or South East force should expect a drop in gross pay, because the allowance goes with the posting rather than the officer. The scale itself is unchanged, so the difference is the allowance in full — up to £10,079 from the Met.