Paycheck and tax calculators for every state, 2026
Take-home pay after federal tax, FICA and state income tax, itemised line by line, for all 50 states and DC. Every rate is cited to the agency that publishes it and dated. Nothing you enter is stored.
Paycheck calculator by state
Each page has the calculator, a table of net pay at nine salaries, the state's 2026 rates with their source, and an explanation written for that state. The hub ranks all 51 on a $60,000 salary.
- Alabama2% to 5%
- Alaskano state income tax
- Arizonaflat 2.5%
- Arkansas2% to 3.9%
- California1% to 13.3%
- Coloradoflat 4.4%
- Connecticut2% to 6.99%
- Delaware2.2% to 6.6%
- District of Columbia4% to 10.75%
- Floridano state income tax
- Georgiaflat 5.19%
- Hawaii1.4% to 11%
- Idahoflat 5.3%
- Illinoisflat 4.95%
- Indianaflat 2.95%
- Iowaflat 3.8%
- Kansas5.2% to 5.58%
- Kentuckyflat 3.5%
- Louisianaflat 3%
- Maine5.8% to 7.15%
- Maryland2% to 6.5%
- Massachusetts5% (9% above $1.08M)
- Michiganflat 4.25%
- Minnesota5.35% to 9.85%
- Mississippiflat 4% above $10,000
- Missouri2% to 4.7%
- Montana4.7% to 5.65%
- Nebraska2.46% to 4.55%
- Nevadano state income tax
- New Hampshireno state income tax
- New Jersey1.4% to 10.75%
- New Mexico1.5% to 5.9%
- New York3.9% to 10.9%
- North Carolinaflat 3.99%
- North Dakota0% to 2.5%
- Ohioflat 2.75% above $26,050
- Oklahoma2.5% to 4.5%
- Oregon4.75% to 9.9%
- Pennsylvaniaflat 3.07%
- Rhode Island3.75% to 5.99%
- South Carolina0% to 6%
- South Dakotano state income tax
- Tennesseeno state income tax
- Texasno state income tax
- Utahflat 4.5%
- Vermont3.35% to 8.75%
- Virginia2% to 5.75%
- Washingtonno state income tax
- West Virginia2.22% to 4.82%
- Wisconsin3.5% to 7.65%
- Wyomingno state income tax
What the 2026 figures are
Federal income tax uses the seven 2026 brackets from IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32 after a standard deduction of $16,100 (single) or $32,200 (married). Social Security is 6.2% of wages up to $184,500 and Medicare 1.45% of all wages, plus 0.9% above $200,000. Those lines are the same in every state.
State income tax is where the states differ. 9 tax no wages at all: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. 15 apply a single rate, from Arizona's 2.5% to Idaho's 5.3%. The rest use graduated brackets, up to California's 13.3% and New York's 10.9%. Eight states cut rates on 1 January 2026, and Ohio moved to a flat tax. The methodology page lists every figure, its source and what the calculators leave out.
Local income taxes, which eleven states have and which are often larger than the state tax beside them, are named on each state page and excluded from the calculation because they depend on where you live and work.
Guides
- How Paycheck Withholding Actually Works: Federal, FICA and StateWhat comes out of a paycheck and why: the 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction, how the W-4 sets withholding, FICA, state tax and local tax, with figures.
- States With No Income Tax in 2026 and What They Charge InsteadThe nine states with no income tax on wages in 2026, what each charges instead, the payroll lines that still apply, and how much a salary keeps compared with taxing states.
- How to Read Your Pay Stub, Line by LineEvery line on a 2026 pay stub explained: gross pay, federal withholding, FICA, state and local tax, pre-tax and post-tax deductions, and the errors worth catching.
- Why Your Take-Home Pay Changed This YearThe 2026 changes that move a paycheck: federal brackets and deduction, the $184,500 Social Security wage base, eight state rate cuts, new paid leave premiums, benefit resets.
- How every figure is calculated and verifiedThe step-by-step method, the 2026 figures, what is excluded, and how the maths is tested.
Frequently asked questions
- What does this site calculate?
- Take-home pay after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax for a salary in any US state or DC, using 2026 rates. Each result is itemised with its rate, and each state page explains that state's tax structure, its local taxes, and how it compares with its neighbours.
- Are the figures for 2026?
- Yes. Federal figures are from IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32 and the SSA's 2026 wage base of $184,500; state figures reflect every change effective 1 January 2026. Every page shows the date its figures were last verified.
- Is this tax advice?
- No. The site publishes figures computed from published rates under stated assumptions and explains how. It does not tell anyone what to do about their taxes or where to live. The methodology page lists exactly what is included and excluded.
- Is anything I enter stored?
- No. The calculators run in your browser and nothing you type is sent to a server. There is no account and no sign-up.