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Texas paycheck calculator
Take-home pay for the employee, and what the wage actually costs you as the employer. Tax year 2026.
Pay
Gross pay$2,884.62
Federal income tax-$295.00
Social Security-$178.85
Medicare-$41.83
State income tax (TX)-$0.00
Net pay$2,368.94
Annualized$61,592.44
First stub free.
- Employer unemployment tax is excluded. Enter your SUTA rate and state wage base from your annual rate notice.
How Texas withholding works
- Texas does not tax wage income, so the only income tax withheld from a paycheck here is federal.
- You still withhold Social Security and Medicare, and you still owe federal and state unemployment tax as the employer.
Paycheck calculators by state
These states are modelled from their own withholding publication.
Federal withholding uses the IRS Publication 15-T (2026) percentage method, including the separate rate schedule for a checked W-4 Step 2 box. Nine states are modelled from their own withholding publication: California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Other taxing states are not modelled yet and ask you for a rate instead of guessing. Actual withholding also depends on your payroll setup and the exact certificates on file. This tool does not file or remit taxes.