Paycheck · Virginia · 2026
Virginia Paycheck Calculator
Enter your pay, hours and deductions to estimate Virginia net pay per paycheck, plus weekly, biweekly, monthly and annual equivalents. Virginia withholds under one official payroll formula: your wages are annualised, the $8,750 standard deduction and the exemptions claimed on Form VA-4 come off, and Virginia's annual rate schedule applies. Virginia localities do not levy a separate wage income tax, so there is no local row. This is a wage-withholding estimate, not a final tax-return calculation.
Virginia's formula subtracts $8,750, then $930 for each personal or dependent exemption on Form VA-4 line 1(c) and $800 for each age-65-or-older or blindness exemption on line 1(b). The remainder is taxed at 2% up to $3,000, 3% to $5,000, 5% to $17,000 and 5.75% above that, rounded to the nearest whole dollar for the year before it is divided across your paychecks.
Estimated take-home pay
$2,875.33
per biweekly pay · $112,000.00 annual grosseff. rate
- Gross pay
- $4,307.69
- Federal income tax
- −$518.89
- Social Security
- −$255.30
- Medicare
- −$59.71
- Virginia state income tax
- −$193.08
- Pre-tax deductions
- −$405.38
- Post-tax deductions
- −$0.00
- Net pay
- $2,875.33
$1,437.67
$2,875.33
$6,229.89
$74,758.63
What-if scenarios
Calculations are estimates for informational purposes and are not tax, legal, or financial advice. Actual withholding and take-home pay may differ.
How Virginia withholding is calculated
Which official tables apply in 2026
Virginia Tax's withholding tables for wages paid after July 1, 2025 include the increased standard deduction and state that they apply to wages through taxable year 2026. This calculator uses that formula, not the earlier tables, and follows the exact computer formula rather than the rounded printed wage-bracket charts.
The Virginia annual formula
Annualised wages, less $8,750, less $930 for each line 1(c) exemption and $800 for each line 1(b) exemption, give annual taxable income T, never below zero. Virginia withholding for the year is 2% of T up to $3,000; $60 plus 3% above $3,000; $120 plus 5% above $5,000; and $720 plus 5.75% above $17,000. The annual figure is rounded to the nearest dollar and divided by your number of pay periods.
No Virginia filing-status election
Form VA-4 asks for exemptions, not a filing status, and Virginia's payroll formula uses one schedule for every employee. Your federal Form W-4 filing status still drives federal withholding, and it deliberately has no effect on the Virginia figure here.
Form VA-4 exemptions
Line 1(c) covers personal and dependent exemptions, each worth $930 a year. Line 1(b) covers exemptions for being age 65 or older and for blindness — whole numbers from 0 through 4, each worth $800 a year. Exemptions must be whole and never negative. Enough exemptions can bring annual taxable income to zero, in which case nothing is withheld.
Additional and exempt Virginia withholding
Form VA-4 lets you request an extra dollar amount of Virginia withholding from each paycheck; it is added once, after the formula result, and shows as its own line whenever it is not zero. If you qualified and claimed exemption on your VA-4, select the exempt option: Virginia withholding shows $0 and no extra amount is added. Whether you qualify is not decided here — check the Form VA-4 instructions.
What reduces Virginia taxable wages
Eligible pre-tax retirement contributions — 401(k), 403(b) or TSP — and eligible pre-tax health, dental, vision, health FSA and dependent-care deductions reduce the wages Virginia withholding is computed on. Taxable fringe benefits and taxable extra compensation increase them. The taxable base never falls below zero.
Every pay frequency uses one formula
Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual and daily payrolls all run through the same annual formula: wages are annualised using the number of pay periods, the annual result is rounded to a whole dollar, and it is divided back down. No frequency is scaled from another state's weekly column.
No Virginia city or county wage tax
Virginia cities and counties do not impose a separate individual wage income tax, so there is no local rate to enter and no local line in the result. Virginia withholding is the single state row, with any extra amount you requested shown separately.
Withholding is not your final tax
Withholding is a prepayment. Your actual Virginia liability is settled on your annual return using your real deductions, exemptions and credits. Employers also round differently, may still be using a VA-4 you have since revised, and deduct benefits, garnishments or after-tax items this estimate does not know about.
Official sources
- Virginia Department of Taxation — Employer withholding tables, wages paid after July 1, 2025 (applicable through taxable year 2026)
- Virginia Department of Taxation — Form VA-4, Employee's Virginia Income Tax Withholding Exemption Certificate
- Official federal payroll implementation of the Virginia withholding formula (USDA National Finance Center)
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Virginia paycheck questions
What the Virginia estimate includes, which official schedules it uses, and what it deliberately leaves out.
How is Virginia withholding calculated in 2026?
Your wages are annualised, then $8,750 plus $930 for each Form VA-4 line 1(c) exemption and $800 for each line 1(b) exemption are subtracted. Virginia's annual schedule — 2%, 3%, 5% and 5.75% — applies to what is left, the annual amount is rounded to the nearest dollar, and it is divided by your number of pay periods.
Does my federal filing status change my Virginia withholding?
No. Virginia's payroll formula has no filing-status election; Form VA-4 asks only for exemptions. Your federal Form W-4 filing status affects federal withholding only.
How much is each Form VA-4 exemption worth?
Each personal or dependent exemption on line 1(c) removes $930 of annual wages from Virginia withholding. Each age-65-or-older or blindness exemption on line 1(b) removes $800, and line 1(b) allows at most 4.
Does any Virginia city or county tax my wages?
No. Virginia localities do not levy a separate individual wage income tax, so there is no local rate to enter and no local line in the result.
Is this the same as my final Virginia tax bill?
No. This estimates the Virginia tax withheld from a paycheck. Your final liability is settled on your annual Virginia return with your actual deductions, exemptions and credits, and any over- or under-withholding is resolved there.