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State Paycheck Calculators

Pick your state to open a paycheck calculator set to its 2026 income tax rates, deductions, local taxes and payroll programs.

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How State Taxes Change Your Paycheck

Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare work the same way in every state. What changes from one state to the next is the state layer on top: whether the state taxes wages at all, whether it uses one flat rate or several brackets, what it allows as a standard deduction or exemption, and whether cities, counties or school districts add their own income tax.

Nine states do not tax wages: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. Fifteen states (Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah) use a single rate, sometimes with a zero-rate band at the bottom. The rest use graduated brackets, where each slice of taxable income is taxed at a higher rate than the slice below it.

Some states also withhold payroll contributions for state disability insurance, paid family leave or transit programs. These are separate from income tax and show up as their own line on your pay stub.

Using a State Calculator

Each state page above opens a paycheck calculator already set to that state, followed by its 2026 tax brackets, deductions, local and payroll taxes, take-home examples at common salaries and a comparison with neighboring states. If you live in one state and work in another, start with the state where you work, since that is usually where wages are taxed first, and check whether the two states have a reciprocity agreement.