Take-Home Pay

Your real paycheck after federal, FICA, state, and local taxes, across all states.

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How this works

Your take-home is your gross pay minus four things: federal income tax (the larger of your standard or itemized deduction, then the IRS bracket schedule), FICA (Social Security at 6.2% up to the annual wage base, plus Medicare at 1.45%, and a 0.9% Additional Medicare surtax on high earners), your state income tax, and any local tax that applies.

The effective rate is your total tax divided by gross income; the marginal rate is the bracket your next dollar lands in. Every line links the IRS or state source it came from.

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