Vermont (VT) Paycheck Calculator 2026

Form W-4VT and Vermont withholding allowances

Vermont employers calculate state tax from Form W-4VT, the Vermont Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. Each allowance is worth $5,400 a year in 2026, which matches the Vermont personal exemption. On a weekly payroll that is $103.85 per allowance, and $207.69 on a bi-weekly payroll.

If you do not turn in a W-4VT, your employer may use your federal W-4 instead, but the Vermont Department of Taxes warns this can under-withhold and strongly recommends that employers require a W-4VT. Employees in civil unions or civil marriages, and anyone who adjusted their federal W-4 for expected credits, will not get the right Vermont withholding without one. If an employer falls back on a federal W-4 that asks for extra federal withholding, Vermont withholding should be increased by 30% of that extra amount.

Worked example from the 2026 tables

The Department’s own example: an employee paid $1,800 a week, married, claiming two allowances. Her allowance total is 2 × $103.85 = $207.70, so wages for the table are $1,800 − $207.70 = $1,592.30.

On the 2026 weekly married table, wages between $226 and $1,855 are withheld at 3.35% of the amount over $226. That gives ($1,592.30 − $226) × 3.35% ≈ $45.77 of Vermont tax for the week.

By comparison, a single filer earning $60,000 a year has about $1,573 of Vermont tax in our calculator ($60 per bi-weekly check), and a married couple on $110,000 about $2,811.

The Child Care Contribution on Vermont pay stubs

Since July 1, 2024, Vermont employers pay a 0.44% Child Care Contribution on wages subject to Vermont withholding, including wages for remote work physically done in Vermont. Employers may pass up to a quarter of it to employees, so the most you can see on your pay stub is 0.11% of wages: about $66 a year on a $60,000 salary.

Whether your employer withholds the employee share is its choice. Our calculator does not include it.

Working across state lines

Vermont withholding depends on where the work is physically done, according to the 2026 withholding instructions:

• Nonresidents who work part of a pay period in Vermont have withholding prorated by hours. If tax on the full 40-hour period would be $48.00 and 16 hours were in Vermont, Vermont withholding is $48.00 × 16/40 = $19.20.
• Vermont residents who work out of state have Vermont tax figured on the full payment, then reduced by the other state’s withholding.
• Anyone who moves into Vermont during the year is treated as a resident for withholding from the move date.

Paydays and minimum wage

Vermont’s minimum wage is $14.42 an hour for 2026 for employers with two or more employees (U.S. Department of Labor), adjusted every year. Vermont’s default is weekly pay, but employers may move to bi-weekly or semi-monthly paydays after giving written notice.

For non-periodic payments, Vermont withholding can be estimated at 30% of the federal withholding, and payments from a non-qualified deferred compensation plan are withheld at 6%. A bonus withheld at the 22% federal rate would therefore carry about 6.6% Vermont withholding under that method.