Police officer · Winchester, VA
Police officer in Winchester: $594/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median police officer wage in Winchester at $58,960 a year. About 220 police officer jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.76). The 10th percentile is $49,360 and the 90th is $78,750. Pay ranks 300th-highest of 380 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 3.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,332/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $594 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Columbus, about 237 miles away, at $3,180 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$594
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$58,960
$49,360 to $78,750
Rent (1 bd)
$1,332
$1,586 (2 bd)
Employment
220
Location quotient 0.76
Pay rank
300th of 380
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
3.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, police officer pay of $58,960.
- Taxes$1,016
- Rent$1,332
- Other living costs$1,971
- Left over$594
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $58,960
- Federal income tax
- −$5,037
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$4,510
- State income tax (VA)
- −$2,644
- Take-home pay
- $46,769
- Effective tax rate
- 20.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,332
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,303
Left over each month
$4,913 gross, minus $1,016 in tax and $3,303 in living costs.
$594
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 Winchester?
$58,960 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 220 police officer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a police officer in Winchester?
$594 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,332, and pay covers 3.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a police officer keep more?
Columbus, about 237 miles away, leaves $3,180 a month, more than Winchester.