Virginia Paycheck Calculator 2026

A Virginia paycheck is trimmed in four predictable places before it reaches your account. Three are federal and identical coast to coast: income tax withheld per the W-4 you filed, Social Security at 6.2% on wages up to the $184,500 base, and Medicare at 1.45% on every dollar with no cap. The fourth is Virginia income tax, which the Department of Taxation collects through a graduated schedule that climbs to a top rate of 5.75%. Because that top bracket begins at only $17,000 of taxable income, most full-time workers reach the 5.75% marginal rate quickly, so the state line on a stub behaves close to a flat slice once you clear the lower tiers.

What Virginia leaves off the stub matters as much as what it takes. The state runs no disability-insurance payroll deduction and no state paid-family-leave premium, so you won't see the SDI or PFL lines that appear in California or New Jersey. Pre-tax choices still move the needle: a traditional 401(k) contribution, up to the $24,500 deferral limit, and pre-tax health premiums come out before income tax is figured, shrinking both the federal and the Virginia bite at once. Social Security and Medicare, though, are charged on gross pay before most deferrals.

On a $60,000 salary, Virginia's graduated income tax, topping out at 5.75%, comes to about $2,636 a year for a single filer after the state's own deductions and exemptions — on top of $4,590 in federal FICA, which is the same in every state. 26 of the 42 states that tax income have a lower top rate than Virginia's 5.75%.

The state minimum wage is $12.77/hr , above the federal $7.25 floor — about $26,562 a year at 40 hours a week. There is no state disability or paid-family-leave deduction, so nothing beyond income tax and FICA comes out at the state level.