Paycheck Calculator for Every State
Updated for 2026 tax year · figures checked on
Enter your pay and choose your state to see your take-home pay for each paycheck: what comes out for federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax and any state payroll programs, and how each amount is worked out.
Take-home pay per bi-weekly paycheck
$1,841.57
$47,880.82 a year from $59,999.94 gross pay (26 paychecks)
- Take-home 79.8%
- Federal income tax 8.4%
- Social Security 6.2%
- Medicare 1.4%
- State income tax 4.2%
| Item | Per paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,307.69 | $59,999.94 |
| Federal income tax | −$193.08 | −$5,020.08 |
| Social Security | −$143.08 | −$3,720.08 |
| Medicare | −$33.46 | −$869.96 |
| State income tax | −$96.50 | −$2,509.00 |
| Take-home pay | $1,841.57 | $47,880.82 |
Estimates for informational purposes only, based on 2026 withholding rules. Your actual paycheck may differ. This is not tax advice. Report an issue
How to use the paycheck calculator
- Pick your state and pay type. Choose Salary to enter yearly pay, or Hourly to enter your rate and the hours you work in a typical week.
- Match your pay schedule. Weekly pay gives 52 paychecks a year, bi-weekly 26, semi-monthly 24 and monthly 12. Your pay stub or offer letter usually says which one you have.
- Copy your Form W-4 choices. Your filing status, the Step 2 box, dependents and any extra withholding change your federal tax. If you never filled in a W-4 beyond your name, leave the defaults.
- Add deductions under More options. 401(k), HSA and health insurance amounts per paycheck, plus overtime hours, a bonus, or the wages you've been paid so far this year.
- Read the breakdown. Every line shows its amount per paycheck and per year. Open How we calculated this to see each step and the official source behind it, and use Copy link to save or share the result.
Paycheck calculators by state
Each state page has a calculator set up for that state, its tax rates with sources, payroll rules such as minimum wage and final paycheck timing, and a comparison with neighboring states.
- No tax on wages (9)Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming
- Flat rate (15)Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah
- Graduated rates (27)Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Alabama
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- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
How paychecks are taxed
Your employer takes several amounts out of your gross pay (what you earn before anything is deducted) and sends them to the government for you. This is called withholding. What's left is your net pay, or take-home pay.
- Federal income tax depends on your pay, your filing status and the choices on your Form W-4. It rises in steps, called brackets: only the part of your pay inside a higher bracket is taxed at that bracket's rate.
- Social Security: 6.2% of your pay, up to $184,500 of wages in the year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all your pay, plus 0.9% on pay above $200,000 in a year.
- State and local taxes vary the most. Some states tax wages at one flat rate, others use brackets, and some have no wage income tax at all. A few cities and counties add their own tax.
- Pre-tax deductions such as a traditional 401(k), an HSA or health insurance come out before some or all of these taxes, which lowers the tax you pay now.
Take-home pay compared across states
The same salary leaves you with different take-home pay depending on where you work. This table uses one set of inputs for every state published so far; select a column heading to sort.
| Per paycheck | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| Nevada | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| New Hampshire | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| South Dakota | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| Tennessee | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| Texas | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| Wyoming | $0 | $50,390 | $1,938.07 |
| North Dakota | $52 | $50,338 | $1,936.07 |
| Alaska | $271 | $50,119 | $1,926.53 |
| Washington | $832 | $49,558 | $1,906.06 |
| Arizona | $1,200 | $49,190 | $1,891.92 |
| Ohio | $1,413 | $48,977 | $1,883.74 |
| Louisiana | $1,456 | $48,934 | $1,882.06 |
| Mississippi | $1,664 | $48,726 | $1,874.07 |
| Arkansas | $1,733 | $48,657 | $1,871.42 |
| Indiana | $1,740 | $48,649 | $1,871.13 |
| Iowa | $1,746 | $48,644 | $1,870.92 |
| Vermont | $1,764 | $48,626 | $1,870.24 |
| Missouri | $1,872 | $48,518 | $1,866.07 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,884 | $48,506 | $1,865.60 |
| North Carolina | $1,924 | $48,466 | $1,864.07 |
| Kentucky | $1,983 | $48,407 | $1,861.82 |
| New Mexico | $2,033 | $48,357 | $1,859.89 |
| Montana | $2,054 | $48,336 | $1,859.07 |
| West Virginia | $2,058 | $48,332 | $1,858.91 |
| Nebraska | $2,124 | $48,266 | $1,856.37 |
| Oklahoma | $2,158 | $48,232 | $1,855.07 |
| Georgia | $2,246 | $48,144 | $1,851.70 |
| South Carolina | $2,284 | $48,106 | $1,850.23 |
| Michigan | $2,299 | $48,091 | $1,849.64 |
| Idaho | $2,340 | $48,050 | $1,848.07 |
| New Jersey | $2,469 | $47,921 | $1,840.62 |
| Alabama | $2,509 | $47,881 | $1,841.57 |
| District of Columbia | $2,525 | $47,865 | $1,840.95 |
| Maryland | $2,537 | $47,853 | $1,840.51 |
| Kansas | $2,549 | $47,841 | $1,840.04 |
| California | $2,583 | $47,806 | $1,838.71 |
| Connecticut | $2,617 | $47,772 | $1,837.40 |
| Virginia | $2,636 | $47,754 | $1,836.69 |
| Colorado | $2,662 | $47,728 | $1,835.69 |
| Utah | $2,678 | $47,712 | $1,835.07 |
| Wisconsin | $2,765 | $47,625 | $1,831.74 |
| Illinois | $2,825 | $47,565 | $1,829.41 |
| Rhode Island | $2,872 | $47,517 | $1,827.59 |
| Maine | $2,874 | $47,516 | $1,827.53 |
| Delaware | $2,893 | $47,497 | $1,826.80 |
| Massachusetts | $2,956 | $47,433 | $1,824.36 |
| New York | $2,966 | $47,424 | $1,824.00 |
| Minnesota | $3,181 | $47,209 | $1,815.73 |
| Hawaii | $3,333 | $47,056 | $1,809.86 |
| Oregon | $4,658 | $45,732 | $1,758.91 |
States with no income tax on wages, such as Alaska, Florida, Nevada, still withhold federal taxes, and some run payroll programs that take a small share of each paycheck.
Where the numbers come from
Every rate and limit the calculator uses is copied from an official source: IRS Publication 15-T for federal withholding, IRS Publication 15 for Social Security and Medicare, and each state's own revenue and labor agencies for state rules. Each figure is stored with its source and the date it was checked, and each state page lists its sources at the bottom.
Before a state page is published, its results are tested against worked examples calculated by hand, and the federal method is checked against every row of the IRS's printed withholding tables. Read how our paycheck calculator works for the full method and its limits.