Virginia Paycheck Calculator
Earning $75,000 in Virginia? Your estimated 2026 take-home is about $58,041 after federal tax and FICA, and Virginia state income tax.
Virginia take-home pay calculator
Take-home now: $2,232.33 per 2 weeks
Use this free Virginia (VA) paycheck, payroll and income tax calculator to estimate your 2026 take-home pay after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and Virginia's graduated state income tax (four brackets, 2% to 5.75%).
Use the calculator for your own salary or hourly rate.
Virginia's four-bracket ladder (2%–5.75%): what comes out of each 2026 check
Your Virginia state income tax for 2026 is figured on a graduated bracket schedule, layered on after the state deduction. This calculator applies that on top of federal withholding and Social Security / Medicare to estimate your Virginia take-home pay.
Virginia uses a graduated income tax with 4 brackets for 2026, with marginal rates ranging from 2% to a top rate of 5.75% (which applies to single-filer taxable income above $17,000). For 2026, Virginia's state standard deduction is $8,750 for single filers and $17,500 for married couples filing jointly. As a worked example, a single filer earning $60,000 pays about $2,689 in Virginia income tax (roughly 4.5% of gross) before federal tax and FICA.
What this estimate doesn't include: Virginia has no local/city wage income tax. Virginia's personal exemptions ($930 per filer/dependent) and the $12,000 age 65+ deduction are not modeled. The $8,750/$17,500 standard deduction is set in statute for 2026. The 2026 General Assembly extended and raised it, so it goes to $9,200/$18,400 for 2027 and $9,300/$18,600 for 2028 and 2029, and only drops back to $3,000/$6,000 for tax years beginning in 2030. City, county or school-district income taxes where they apply, court-ordered deductions, union dues, and anything else your specific employer withholds are not in this figure; your pay stub is the authority on those.
Estimates only, not tax advice. The section "What this estimate doesn't include" above lists what's left out; see also our terms and the corrections log.
Virginia's four 2026 brackets, from 2% to 5.75% (single filers)
Virginia's graduated single-filer schedule for 2026, applied after the state deduction:
| Taxable income | Marginal rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $3,000 | 2% |
| $3,000 – $5,000 | 3% |
| $5,000 – $17,000 | 5% |
| $17,000 and above | 5.75% |
No city or county income tax anywhere in Virginia
No Virginia city or county levies a local income/wage tax on employees. Localities raise revenue through real-estate, personal-property (incl. on cars), and a mandatory 1% local sales-tax add-on collected by the state.
Your paycheck vs the $89,393 Virginia median
| Median household income (2024) | $89,393 |
| Take-home (single filer) | ≈$67,339 |
Two Virginia payroll quirks worth knowing
- Virginia has NO employee-side state payroll deductions (no SDI, PFML, or employee SUI) — so the only mandatory paycheck withholdings are federal taxes and Virginia state income tax (2%–5.75%).
- Virginia's minimum wage is not indexed to inflation going forward: the Jan 1, 2026 bump to $12.77 did come from an automatic CPI formula under the prior law, but the 2026 General Assembly replaced that with fixed dollar steps, $13.75 in 2027 and $15.00 in 2028, and pushed CPI indexing out to 2029.
Is overtime and tips tax-free in Virginia? Federally yes, but Virginia still taxes both
For tax years 2025 to 2028 there is a federal deduction for qualified overtime premium pay and tips (OBBBA caps & rules). FICA comes out either way.
Virginia state income tax: Virginia has not adopted the federal tips/overtime deductions for state income tax as of mid-2026, so they reduce your federal tax only. (source: tax.virginia.gov)
- Overtime: 2025 — not deductible on your Virginia return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — not deductible on your Virginia return (still state-taxed).
- Tips: 2025 — not deductible on your Virginia return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — not deductible on your Virginia return (still state-taxed).
Related: overtime calculator · overtime by state · tips calculator · tips by state.
Virginia's own $12.77 minimum wage — above the federal floor (2026)
$12.77/hour (≈$26,562/year full-time). Rose from $12.41 to $12.77 on Jan 1, 2026 — a 2.9% CPI cost-of-living adjustment (South-region CPI), per Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry.
Beyond the paycheck: Virginia's 5.3% sales tax and property tax
| Sales tax | 5.3% (≈5.77% with local) |
| Property tax | ≈0.73% — Roughly mid-to-low nationally (~#31 of 50), about 21% below the national average; median homeowner pays ~$2,790/yr. |
Virginia paycheck FAQ
Does Virginia have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes — four graduated brackets from 2% to 5.75% in 2026, on top of federal tax and FICA.
What does a full-time minimum-wage job in Virginia pay in 2026?
Virginia's 2026 minimum wage is $12.77/hour — about $26,562 a year at 40 hours a week before taxes. Details and exceptions are in the minimum-wage section above.
Compare a paycheck next door: Maryland, North Carolina & District of Columbia
| State | State income tax (2026) | Take-home on $75,000 (single) |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | four brackets, 2%–5.75% | $58,041 |
| Maryland | ten brackets, 2%–6.5% | $58,242 |
| North Carolina | flat 3.99% | $59,109 |
| District of Columbia | seven brackets, 4%–10.75% | $58,093 |
| West Virginia | five brackets, 2.11%–4.58% | $59,047 |
Those are the states next door. To see where Virginia lands against all of them at once, our take-home pay by state study runs an identical salary at two levels, $75,000 and $100,000, through the 2026 rules of every state and DC, except Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland and Vermont, still on their 2025 tables, ranked from the most take-home pay to the least.
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Data compiled and maintained by Edmond Daher · Updated 2026-08-02