Virginia paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Virginia take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 22, 2026
Virginia taxes wages at 2% to 5.75%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Virginia comes to about $1,837 a paycheck, after $101 of Virginia income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
Nothing you type here leaves this page.
Take-home pay
$1,980per paycheck
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,500 | $65,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$216 | −$5,620 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$155 | −$4,030 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$36 | −$943 |
| Virginia income tax | −$112 | −$2,923 |
| Take-home | $1,980 | $51,484 |
An estimate for 2026: the year's income tax spread evenly over your paychecks, using the standard deduction. Your employer uses the IRS withholding tables and your W-4, so a real paycheck can be a little different. Credits (like the child tax credit), other income and local taxes aren't included.
How Virginia taxes a paycheck
- Virginia uses one set of brackets for everyone: 2% on the first $3,000 of taxable income, 3% to $5,000, 5% to $17,000 and 5.75% above that.
- The 2026 standard deduction is $8,750 for a single filer and $17,500 for married couples filing jointly. Each person also gets a $930 personal exemption.
- The standard deduction table lists single and joint amounts only, so the calculator uses the single amount for heads of household.
- A traditional 401(k) deferral is left out of Virginia income, because the return starts from federal adjusted gross income.
- The 2026 Appropriation Act raises the standard deduction to $9,200 single and $18,400 joint starting in 2027.
Virginia has 4 tax brackets, from 2% up to 5.75%. A single filer gets a standard deduction of $8,750 and a personal exemption of $930. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Virginia taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 2% | $0 to $3,000 |
| 3% | $3,000 to $5,000 |
| 5% | $5,000 to $17,000 |
| 5.75% | $17,000 and up |
A worked example
$60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks (26 paychecks of $2,307.69), with nothing taken out before tax:
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,308 | $60,000 |
| Federal income tax | $193 | $5,020 |
| Social Security | $143 | $3,720 |
| Medicare | $33 | $870 |
| Virginia income tax | $101 | $2,636 |
| Take-home | $1,837 | $47,754 |
Other states
50 other states are in the paycheck tax calculator.
Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Virginia?
About $47,754 a year, or $1,837 a paycheck paid every two weeks, for a single filer with no 401(k) or health insurance through work. Federal income tax is $5,020, Social Security $3,720, Medicare $870, and Virginia income tax $2,636.
Does Virginia have a state income tax?
Yes. Virginia taxes wages at 2% to 5.75%.
Does a 401(k) lower Virginia income tax?
Yes. Virginia leaves traditional 401(k) contributions out of taxable wages, like the federal tax does. Putting $3,600 a year in (6% of $60,000) lowers Virginia tax by about $207.
Sources
9 sources · read October 22, 2026
Every number on this page comes from tax.virginia.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Virginia Tax: 2026 Form 760ES (tax rate schedule, personal exemption)tax.virginia.gov
- 2Virginia Tax: Deductions (standard deduction amounts)tax.virginia.gov
- 3Virginia Department of Taxation: 2026 Legislative Summarytax.virginia.gov
- 4IRS: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 tax brackets and standard deduction)irs.gov
- 5IRS: Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates (2026 wage base $184,500)irs.gov
Wonderful gives general information. It isn't a financial or tax advisor.