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West Virginia paycheck calculator

See your take-home pay after federal and West Virginia withholding, with 2026 rules.

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Your pay
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From your Form IT-104

Federal W-4Single or married filing separately
Your W-4 is from
Pre-tax deductionsNone
Bonus and pay so far this year
Federal withholding on the bonus

Before this paycheck. It decides when Social Security and capped programs stop.

Picks the rules in force on that day.

Take-home$1,855.07See breakdown

Take-home pay

$1,855.07per paycheck

$48,207.88 a year from $60,000.00 gross

Per paycheckPer year
Gross pay$2,307.69$60,000.00
Federal income tax−$193.08−$5,020.08
Social Security−$143.08−$3,720.08
Medicare−$33.46−$869.96
West Virginia income tax−$83.00−$2,182.00
Take-home pay$1,855.07$48,207.88

Paycheck withholding, not your annual tax. Estimates, not tax advice.

Estimates, not tax advice. This calculates paycheck withholding, what your employer takes out of each paycheck, not your annual tax. Rules last updated .

How West Virginia withholding works

West Virginia withholds state income tax at rates from 2.11% to 4.58% of taxable wages, by the state's own withholding method.

Your employer uses your West Virginia Form IT-104, and the calculator asks its questions.

401(k) contributions, health premiums, and HSA contributions all lower the wages West Virginia taxes, as they do for federal income tax.

For a bonus paid on its own check, West Virginia withholding is worked out by the aggregate method: the bonus is added to a regular paycheck and taxed together.

Worth knowing in 2026

From April 1, 2026, withholding moved from rates from 2.22% to 4.82% to rates from 2.11% to 4.58%.

West Virginia cut its 2026 rates by about 5% back to January 1 (the top rate went from 4.82% to 4.58%), and new withholding tables apply from April 1, 2026.

Example paychecks in West Virginia

SalaryGrossFederalFICAWest VirginiaTake-home
$40,000$1,538.46$100.77$117.69$48.00$1,272.00
$60,000$2,307.69$193.08$176.54$83.00$1,855.07
$100,000$3,846.15$506.54$294.23$153.00$2,892.38

Per paycheck, paid every two weeks, single, with no pre-tax deductions or extra withholding. The West Virginia column includes state payroll programs.

Questions

How much West Virginia income tax comes out of my paycheck?

It depends on your pay and your Form IT-104. On a $60,000 salary paid every two weeks, single with no extras, about $83.00 of each $2,307.69 paycheck goes to West Virginia income tax.

What is the take-home pay on $40,000 a year in West Virginia?

About $1,272.00 a paycheck, or $33,054 a year, if you're paid every two weeks, file single, and have no pre-tax deductions. Change the calculator's answers to match your own pay.

Is this my annual tax bill?

No. It calculates paycheck withholding: what your employer takes out of each paycheck under IRS Publication 15-T and the state's withholding rules. What you finally owe is settled when you file your tax return.

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