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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 32.22
The average living wage for the state of Virginia is $33.68/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.5/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Virginia a minimum wage score of 33.02 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Virginia a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 0 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Virginia is $197.6, resulting in a UI benefit score of 29.33 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 59.52

✓ Virginia does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Virginia does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Virginia does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Virginia does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Virginia does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Virginia does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Virginia does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Virginia does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Virginia does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Virginia does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Virginia does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Virginia does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Virginia does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ Virginia does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 65

X Virginia does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Virginia does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Virginia does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Virginia does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Virginia does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Virginia does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 22801, 22802
Latitude : 38.486284
Longitude : -78.850636
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 1485 ft.
Area Code(s) : 540

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.59
Male Population Estimate : 43.20%
Female Population Estimate : 46.43%
Median Age : 27.9
Male Median Age : 27.9
Female Median Age : 28.1

White Population Estimate : 74.86%
Black Population Estimate : 5.50%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 13.36%
Asian Population Estimate : 3.18%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.15%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.75%
Other Population Estimate : 7.90%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Rockingham specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Harrisonburg City County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Harrisonburg City County: About 214 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Harrisonburg City County is about 26% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.