Police officer · Harrisonburg, VA
Police officer in Harrisonburg: $490/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Harrisonburg at $58,260 a year. About 230 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.81). The 10th percentile is $47,960 and the 90th is $76,230. Pay ranks 312th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,395/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $490 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 234 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$490
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,260
$47,960 to $76,230
Rent (1 bd)
$1,395
$1,661 (2 bd)
Employment
230
Location quotient 0.81
Pay rank
312th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $58,260.
- Taxes$1,001
- Rent$1,395
- Other living costs$1,969
- Left over$490
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,260
- Federal income tax
- −$4,953
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,457
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,604
- Take-home pay
- $46,247
- Effective tax rate
- 20.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,395
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $564
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,364
Left over each month
$4,855 gross, minus $1,001 in tax and $3,364 in living costs.
$490
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 Harrisonburg?
$58,260 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 230 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Harrisonburg?
$490 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,395, and pay covers 3.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 234 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Harrisonburg.