How do I convert an hourly wage to an annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by hours worked per week, then by weeks worked per year. For example, $25/hour at 40 hours for 52 weeks equals $25 × 40 × 52 = $52,000 gross per year. This tool does that math and then applies taxes.

What income tax does West Virginia charge?

West Virginia uses a graduated income tax. After 2024 rate cuts the brackets run from about 2.36% up to 5.12% on income over $60,000. This calculator applies the 2024 single-filer brackets to your taxable income after the standard deduction-equivalent exemption.

Are Social Security and Medicare included?

Yes. The tool deducts 6.2% Social Security (up to the annual wage cap) and 1.45% Medicare from gross pay, matching the FICA withholding on a real West Virginia paycheck.

Does West Virginia have local income taxes?

Some West Virginia municipalities charge a flat weekly City Service Fee rather than a percentage income tax. Those small fixed fees are not modeled here; this tool covers state and federal withholding.

Is this my exact take-home pay?

It is a close estimate. Real paychecks also reflect retirement contributions, health insurance, W-4 allowances, and pre-tax deductions. Use this to ballpark your West Virginia net pay, not as official payroll output.

West Virginia Hourly to Salary Calculator

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This calculator turns an hourly wage into a yearly salary and then estimates your actual West Virginia take-home pay. It applies federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and West Virginia’s graduated state income tax so you can see what really lands in your bank account.

How it works

The conversion is straightforward arithmetic:

gross annual = hourly rate × hours per week × weeks per year

A full-time worker earning 25 dollars an hour at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks grosses 52,000 dollars. From that gross the tool subtracts the following:

Social Security: 6.2 percent of wages up to the annual wage base (168,600 dollars for 2024).
Medicare: 1.45 percent of all wages.
Federal income tax: the 2024 federal brackets applied after the standard deduction for your filing status.
West Virginia income tax: the 2024 graduated state brackets (roughly 2.36 percent to 5.12 percent) applied after a personal exemption.

What remains is your net pay, which the tool divides into monthly and bi-weekly amounts so you can compare it to a paycheck.

Example

Take 30 dollars an hour, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks: gross is 62,400 dollars. Social Security removes about 3,869 dollars and Medicare 905 dollars. Federal tax on the remaining taxable income is several thousand dollars, and West Virginia state tax adds roughly 2,800 dollars. Net take-home lands near 48,000 to 50,000 dollars depending on filing status.

Notes

This is an estimate, not payroll. It assumes standard deductions and does not model 401(k) contributions, pre-tax health premiums, or municipal City Service Fees that some West Virginia cities charge per pay period. West Virginia phased in income-tax cuts starting in 2023, so verify current brackets at tax.wv.gov before relying on the figures.