Virginia paycheck calculator

Take-home pay in Virginia after federal and Virginia income tax, Social Security, Medicare and your deductions, using the 2026 withholding rules.

State you live and work in

2026 rules for Virginia.

Pay

I'm paid

Salary (per year, before taxes)

How often you're paid

Your Form W-4

Filing status

Children under 17

$2,200 each in Step 3, if your income is $200,000 or less ($400,000 married filing jointly).

Other dependents

$500 each in Step 3.

Pre-tax and after-tax deductions

401(k) or 403(b) contribution

Traditional (pre-tax). Put a Roth contribution under after-tax deductions.

Health insurance, HSA and FSA

Pre-tax premiums and contributions through payroll; they also lower Social Security and Medicare.

After-tax deductions

Roth 401(k), union dues, garnishments.

More Form W-4 options

Step 2: two jobs, or married and your spouse works

Only if you checked the box in Step 2(c) of your W-4.

Step 4(a): other income (per year)

Step 4(b): deductions (per year)

From the W-4's Deductions Worksheet: tips, overtime, car loan interest, the senior deduction, itemizing.

Step 4(c): extra withholding

Take-home pay per paycheck

$1,836.69

$47,753.96 a year from $59,999.94 gross, 26 paychecks.

Gross pay, each deduction and take-home pay, per paycheck and per year
Item	Per paycheck	Per year
Gross pay	$2,307.69	$59,999.94
Federal income tax	−$193.08	−$5,020.08
Social Security	−$143.08	−$3,720.00
Medicare	−$33.46	−$870.00
Virginia income tax	−$101.38	−$2,635.90
Take-home pay	$1,836.69	$47,753.96

Taxes as a share of pay: 20.4%
Federal taxable wages (year): $59,999.94

Estimates for planning, not tax advice. Your employer's payroll may round differently, and your tax bill when you file can differ from what's withheld.

How Virginia taxes your paycheck in 2026

Virginia withholds income tax at 2% on the first $3,000 of taxable wages, 3% to $5,000, 5% to $17,000 and 5.75% above that, after an $8,750 standard deduction and $930 for each exemption you claim on Form VA-4. Traditional 401(k) contributions and pre-tax health premiums are not taxed. There are no employee-paid state payroll taxes in 2026 and no local income taxes.

Virginia withholding rates, 2026: all filing statuses
Taxable income	Rate
$0 to $3,000	2%
$3,000 to $5,000	3%
$5,000 to $17,000	5%
Over $17,000	5.75%

Standard deduction: $8,750 single or married filing separately; $8,750 married filing jointly; $8,750 head of household.
Exemptions: $930 for you, $930 for a spouse, $930 per dependent.
A traditional 401(k) lowers your Virginia taxable wages; pre-tax health premiums do.

City and county taxes

Virginia cities and counties do not tax wages.

What this calculator simplifies

We assume Form VA-4 claims 1 exemption for you, 1 for a spouse when married (assuming your spouse does not claim themselves on their own VA-4), and 1 per dependent, at $930 each. The extra $800 exemptions for age 65+ or blindness are not included.
Virginia's withholding formula subtracts the single $8,750 standard deduction for everyone, including married employees, so it does not split the $17,500 joint-return deduction between spouses. Your actual Virginia return may give a different result.
Virginia's 2026 law creates a paid family and medical leave program, but payroll contributions do not begin until April 1, 2028, so nothing is deducted in 2026.
This is withholding, not your final Virginia tax. Credits such as the low-income credit and the earned income credit are not reflected.

Sources

How every number is worked out is on the methodology page.

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