Hourly Payroll Check Calculator

Formatting only. This does not change the calculation.
Chooses the headline figure and, for the stub and employer views, the itemised table.
The FLSA regular rate of pay. Used when pay is entered hourly.
Straight-time hours only. 80 is a full-time every-two-weeks cheque; the upper bound allows an annual pay period.
29 U.S.C. 207(a)(1) requires at least one and one-half times the regular rate over 40 hours a week.
Used for the year-to-date column of the pay stub. Period 1 is the first cheque of the year.
Form W-4 step 3 total, e.g. 2,000 per qualifying child.
Traditional 401(k), HSA and section 125 premiums. Reduce income tax; 401(k) does not reduce FICA.
Applies that state's own rate schedule. Leave unset to use a flat effective rate instead.
A flat effective rate, used when no state is selected above.
Form W-4 step 4(c).
6.0% gross, less a credit of up to 5.4% for state unemployment tax paid on time, so 0.6% for most employers. Applies to the first 7,000 of wages a year.
Your experience rate from your state unemployment agency. Rates and wage bases are set per state, so this is not assumed.
Your state's annual taxable wage base. Defaults to the federal 7,000 FUTA base; check your state agency for the real figure.
Take-home pay per period
1,690.85
US Paycheck and Take-Home Pay Calculator
Gross per period
2,000
Annual gross
52,000
Annual take-home
43,962.1
Federal income tax
156.15
Social Security
124
Medicare
29
Additional Medicare
0
State income tax
0
How state tax was computed
flat effective rate
Local income tax
0
Total deductions
309.15
Effective tax rate on gross
15.458 %
Percentage kept
84.543 %
Regular (straight-time) pay
2,000
Overtime pay
0
FLSA overtime premium (qualified overtime)
0
Section 225 overtime deduction for the year
0
Year-to-date gross
2,000
Year-to-date Social Security
124
Year-to-date tax withheld
309.15
Year-to-date take-home
1,690.85
Employer Social Security
124
Employer Medicare
29
Employer FUTA
1.62
Employer state unemployment tax
0
Employer payroll taxes
154.62
Total cost to the employer
2,154.62
Total payroll tax, employee plus employer
307.62
Worked out from IRS Revenue Procedure 2024-40, inflation-adjusted items for tax year 2025 and 10 other sources.
Federal withholding here uses the Publication 15-T percentage method with the standard deduction. Your employer may withhold a slightly different amount depending on your W-4.
An estimate. Actual withholding depends on your employer's payroll system, your Form W-4 entries, and state and local rules. It is not a substitute for your pay stub or the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator.

How this is worked out

7 steps
  1. Gross for the period = 25 x 80 h = 2000 regular, total 2000
  2. Annual gross = 52000 over 26 pay periods.
  3. Annualised taxable income = 52000 - 0 pre-tax - 16100 standard deduction = 35900
  4. Federal tax on that = 4060; per period 156.15
  5. Social Security 6.2% on wages up to 184500 = 124
  6. Medicare 1.45% with no cap = 29
  7. Take-home per period = 1690.85
Deduction breakdowntable
itemamount
Gross pay2,000
Federal income tax-156.15
Social Security-124
Medicare-29
Net pay1,690.85
Pay stubtable
sectionitemcurrentyearToDate
EarningsRegular pay2,0002,000
EarningsGross pay2,0002,000
Taxes withheldFederal income tax156.15156.15
Taxes withheldSocial Security124124
Taxes withheldMedicare2929
Net payNet pay1,690.851,690.85

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