Virginia Payroll and Paycheck Calculator
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Note: Virginia utilizes one joint application to receive two separate IDs, one for State Income Tax and one for State Unemployment Insurance filings.
Minimum Wage
Virginia’s minimum wage rate is currently $12.00 per hour.
For more information on Virginia’s minimum wage rate rules, please click HERE.
Overtime
Virginia law requires most employers to follow the federal overtime laws as prescribed in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Pay Frequency
Virginia’s pay frequency statute requires employers to pay employees on a regular schedule with salaried employees paid at least once per month and hourly employees paid at least once every two weeks or twice in each month.
For more information on Virginia’s pay frequency statute, please click HERE.
Taxable Wage Base ($000s): $8,000
New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages): 2.53% In State New Employer, 6.23% Out of State Contractor (rates include surcharges)
Virginia law requires employers to withhold state income tax from their employees' wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Department of Taxation.
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Virginia’s minimum wage rate is currently $12.00 per hour.
Virginia law requires most employers to follow the federal overtime laws as prescribed in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Virginia law requires employers to withhold state income tax from their employees' wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Department of Taxation.