Most of Virginia Beach is in Virginia Beach city, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $58.59 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 18 ZIP codes in Virginia Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,490 to $2,010 a month. At the middle rent, $1,685, a full-time job would need to pay $57.43 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23450 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23451 | Virginia Beach city | $1,790/mo | $61.50/hr |
| 23452 | Virginia Beach city | $1,710/mo | $58.40/hr |
| 23453 | Virginia Beach city | $1,740/mo | $59.56/hr |
| 23454 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23455 | Virginia Beach city | $1,720/mo | $58.79/hr |
| 23456 | Virginia Beach city | $2,010/mo | $70.22/hr |
| 23457 | Virginia Beach city | $1,490/mo | $49.89/hr |
| 23459 | Virginia Beach city | $1,630/mo | $55.31/hr |
| 23460 | Virginia Beach city | $1,690/mo | $57.63/hr |
| 23461 | Virginia Beach city | $1,770/mo | $60.72/hr |
| 23462 | Virginia Beach city | $1,770/mo | $60.72/hr |
| 23463 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23464 | Virginia Beach city | $1,700/mo | $58.01/hr |
| 23466 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23467 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23471 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
| 23479 | Virginia Beach city | $1,680/mo | $57.24/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Virginia Beach needs to pay at least $58.59 an hour before taxes, about $121,877 a year. That is the figure for Virginia Beach city, where the typical studio rent is $1,715 a month.
Yes. Across the 18 ZIP codes in Virginia Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,490 to $2,010 a month. At the middle rent of $1,685, the pay needed would be $57.43 an hour.
The minimum wage in Virginia Beach city is $12.77 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 4.6 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads