West Virginia
West Virginia paycheck calculator
West Virginia’s rates run from 2.22% to 4.82% after a $2,000 personal exemption ($4,000 joint) and no standard deduction in the table. Brackets are not doubled for joint filers. A few localities can tax; none are named in the launch local file, so use a custom percent when your stub shows one.
The top rate is moderate, and the missing standard deduction means relief is mostly the exemption. A traditional 401(k) reduces the West Virginia base; Social Security and Medicare do not. Charleston does not get an automatic city line.
Compare West Virginia with Pennsylvania or Ohio at the same salary when a border plant offer appears. Pennsylvania’s flat 3.07% with no deduction and Ohio’s 2.75% above $26,050 are different shapes once you include any local percent.
Example take-home
| Salary | Federal | FICA | State | Payroll | Local | Net / year | Net / check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000.00 | $2,620.00 | $3,060.00 | $1,098.90 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $33,221.10 | $1,277.73 |
| $60,000.00 | $5,020.00 | $4,590.00 | $1,964.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $48,425.30 | $1,862.50 |
| $80,000.00 | $8,770.00 | $6,120.00 | $2,921.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $62,188.90 | $2,391.87 |
| $100,000.00 | $13,170.00 | $7,650.00 | $3,885.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $75,294.90 | $2,895.95 |
| $150,000.00 | $24,734.00 | $11,475.00 | $6,295.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $107,495.90 | $4,134.46 |
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What this page includes
- Federal income tax using the 2026 standard deduction and Rev. Proc. 2025-32 brackets
- Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500) and Medicare (1.45%, plus Additional Medicare when wages clear the filing-status threshold)
- West Virginia: graduated state income tax (top 4.82%)
- No employee state disability / paid-leave premium modeled for this state yet
- Local wage tax only if you select a city/county or enter a custom percent
Local tax
West Virginia can have local wage taxes in some places. This page leaves local tax off until you select a named jurisdiction or enter a custom percent.
What is not included
Credits, itemized deductions, multi-state credits, property tax, sales tax, and unsourced local rates are not included. Employer payroll tables can differ from this annualized estimate. This West Virginia page does not invent taxes that are missing from the 2026 data files.
Questions
How is West Virginia’s schedule shaped without a standard deduction?
Graduated rates from 2.22% to 4.82% after a personal exemption only — the 2026 table has no standard deduction.
Is there a West Virginia standard deduction?
Not in the 2026 table used here. Relief comes from the personal exemption.
Are local West Virginia taxes included?
Not automatically. Enter a custom percent if your locality withholds one.
Nearby
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Sources
- IRS newsroom, tax year 2026 inflation adjustments (Rev. Proc. 2025-32)
- Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (PDF)
- Tax Foundation, 2026 federal income tax brackets
- IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods
- SSA, Contribution and benefit base
- IRS Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide
- IRS, Questions and answers for the Additional Medicare Tax
- Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026
- IRS, state government websites index
See a rate that looks wrong? The sources and the gaps are public.