How much is West Virginia state income tax?

It is graduated. The bands run from 2.22% to 4.82%. On $75,000 the marginal rate is 4.82% and the effective rate 3.57%, because the lower bands are filled first.

What is take-home pay on $75,000 in West Virginia?

West Virginia takes about $2,680 a year at that salary — 3.57% of gross — before federal tax and FICA. Enter your own figure above for the per-paycheck answer.

Does West Virginia have local income taxes?

Several cities charge a flat weekly city service fee on anyone working there. It is a fixed amount rather than a percentage and is not included here.

Is West Virginia a high-tax state overall?

On income, West Virginia takes 3.57% of a $75,000 salary. But the whole burden is three taxes: sales tax here is 6.6% combined, 31st of fifty, and property tax 0.51%, 42nd of fifty. The two pull in opposite directions, which is why a single ranking of "tax-friendly states" tells you little about your own household.

Is this the same as what my employer withholds?

Close, not identical. Withholding follows the W-4 you filed and your state’s equivalent form, which can carry allowances, extra withholding or a second job adjustment this page does not know about. The annual tax is what settles on your return; withholding is an instalment against it.

West Virginia paycheck calculator

On a $75,000 salary paid twice a month, a West Virginia paycheck is $2,455 after tax — $58,912 a year, single, with no 401(k) and no health premium. $112 of each cheque is West Virginia income tax, charged at its 5 graduated bands for 2026. Local taxes are named below rather than silently omitted.

West Virginia rates for 2026 and federal withholding checked against their published tables 2 September 2026 · How we check

Gross pay this periodPaidFiling status401(k) this period

Take-home pay in West Virginia

$2,008.05

$84.54 of that is West Virginia income tax, on top of $216.15 of federal withholding and $191.25 of FICA.

Gross: $2,500.00
Federal income tax: $216.15
Social security: $155.00
Medicare: $36.25
West Virginia income tax: $84.54
Take-home: $2,008.05
Annualised gross: $65,000.00
West Virginia tax a year: $2,198.10

West Virginia takes 3.38% of the gross overall, with the next dollar at 4.82% — the effective rate is lower because the lower bands are filled first.

West Virginia income tax for 2026

West Virginia income tax brackets
Rate	Taxable income up to (single)
2.22%	$10,000
2.96%	$25,000
3.33%	$40,000
4.44%	$60,000
4.82%	no ceiling

$75,000 in West Virginia, paid twice a month

Single, no dependants, no 401(k) and no pre-tax health premium — so every line below is tax rather than a benefit election. The gross cheque is $3,125.00.

A $75,000 salary in West Virginia, line by line, paid twice a month
Federal income tax	−$319.58
Social security (6.2%)	−$193.75
Medicare (1.45%)	−$45.31
West Virginia income tax	−$111.67
Take-home each cheque	$2,454.68

That is $58,912 a year, 78.5% of gross. West Virginia took $2,680 of it — the difference between this state and a no-income-tax state at the same salary.

Form WV/IT-104 is what sets your state withholding

It is also where you claim the optional two-earner rate, which exists because the brackets are not doubled for joint filers.

What West Virginia charges as well

Income tax is one of three. The other two do not come out of a paycheck, but they decide what the paycheck buys.

Sales and property tax in West Virginia
Sales tax, state plus average local	6.6%	31st of fifty
Property tax on median home value	0.51%	42nd of fifty

The state rate is 6% and local jurisdictions add 0.6% on average, reaching 6.6% where you shop. Property tax is among the lightest at 0.51% — about $2,040 a year on a $400,000 home. Work yours out on the property tax calculator.

Withholding is an instalment, not the bill. What the year actually settles at is on the refund calculator, and the dates it settles on are the federal tax deadlines.

What this does not include

West Virginia’s five bands run to 4.82%, cut from 6.5% in 2023 under a trigger law that keeps stepping the rate down as revenue allows.
The brackets are not doubled for joint filers, which is why the state offers an optional two-earner withholding rate.
Several cities charge a flat weekly city service fee on anyone working there. It is a fixed amount rather than a percentage and is not included here.

Questions people actually ask

How much is West Virginia state income tax?: It is graduated. The bands run from 2.22% to 4.82%. On $75,000 the marginal rate is 4.82% and the effective rate 3.57%, because the lower bands are filled first.
What is take-home pay on $75,000 in West Virginia?: West Virginia takes about $2,680 a year at that salary — 3.57% of gross — before federal tax and FICA. Enter your own figure above for the per-paycheck answer.
Does West Virginia have local income taxes?: Several cities charge a flat weekly city service fee on anyone working there. It is a fixed amount rather than a percentage and is not included here.
Is West Virginia a high-tax state overall?: On income, West Virginia takes 3.57% of a $75,000 salary. But the whole burden is three taxes: sales tax here is 6.6% combined, 31st of fifty, and property tax 0.51%, 42nd of fifty. The two pull in opposite directions, which is why a single ranking of "tax-friendly states" tells you little about your own household.
Is this the same as what my employer withholds?: Close, not identical. Withholding follows the W-4 you filed and your state’s equivalent form, which can carry allowances, extra withholding or a second job adjustment this page does not know about. The annual tax is what settles on your return; withholding is an instalment against it.

The same paycheck next door

State income tax follows where you live, not where you work, so a move across one of these lines changes the figure above without changing the job. Rates on the same $75,000.

Kentucky$2,507 Maryland$3,199 Ohio$1,280 Pennsylvania$2,303 Virginia$3,498

Where the state line is nothing

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