Take-home pay in Virginia by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Virginia keeps $78,080 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $73,105 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,080 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Virginia, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,253 more than as a C corporation.

Virginia, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$26,895	$73,105	73%
Single-member LLC	$26,926	$73,074	73%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,920	$78,080	78%
S corporation	$21,920	$78,080	78%
C corporation	$31,173	$68,827	69%

What Virginia takes from a business owner

Virginia taxes personal income in 4 brackets, from 2% to 5.75% (2026, single filer).law.lis.virginia.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Registration Fee, $50 a yearlaw.lis.virginia.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Virginia can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 5.75%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totaltax.virginia.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Virginia unemployment tax at 2.5% on the first $8,000 of salary in the first yearlaw.lis.virginia.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,410	$38,374	$38,676	$38,676	$36,161
$100,000	$73,105	$73,074	$78,080	$78,080	$68,827
$150,000	$105,191	$105,159	$113,090	$113,090	$97,503
$250,000	$170,929	$170,901	$181,492	$181,492	$156,519
$500,000	$306,472	$306,444	$334,271	$334,271	$298,615

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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