Paycheck Calculator

PaycheckLink is a free paycheck and take-home pay calculator covering all 50 US states.

Enter a salary or hourly rate, pay frequency, filing status, and state, and get a full breakdown of what actually lands in your paycheck — federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax, and local taxes where they apply, like New York City's local tax or California's State Disability Insurance.

Every rate and bracket is sourced from official documents — IRS Publication 15-T, state Departments of Revenue, and official tax commission rate schedules — rather than pulled from secondary aggregators or blog posts. State tax law changes throughout the year, not just every January, so PaycheckLink is actively maintained to reflect current law, including mid-year rate changes like the ones several states passed in 2026.

The calculator handles salaried and hourly pay, multiple pay frequencies (weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly), 401(k) contributions, and bonus pay. State pages include worked examples and answers to common questions specific to that state's tax rules — like whether a state has local income tax, or what makes its withholding different from its neighbors.

PaycheckLink is free to use, requires no signup, and is built for anyone who wants a clear, honest answer to "what will I actually take home" — job seekers comparing offers across states, employees checking a new paycheck, freelancers estimating their tax burden, or employers sanity-checking what a hire really costs.