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US, 2026 tax year · figures follow that year's rules

Ga payroll calculator works out Take-home pay per period and Gross per period from What this calculator answers, How pay is entered and Gross pay. The default figures on this page give take-home pay per period of 3,624.34; change any entry and the result, the working and the sources update together.

Take-home pay per period
3,624.34
US Paycheck and Take-Home Pay Calculator
Gross per period
5,000
Annual gross
130,000
Annual take-home
94,232.84
Federal income tax
766.69
Social Security
310
Medicare
72.5
Additional Medicare
0
State income tax
226.47
How state tax was computed
Georgia rate schedule
Local income tax
0
Total deductions
1,375.66
Effective tax rate on gross
27.513 %
Percentage kept
72.487 %
Regular (straight-time) pay
5,000
Overtime pay
0
FLSA overtime premium (qualified overtime)
0
Section 225 overtime deduction for the year
0
Year-to-date gross
5,000
Year-to-date Social Security
310
Year-to-date tax withheld
1,375.66
Year-to-date take-home
3,624.34
Employer Social Security
310
Employer Medicare
72.5
Employer FUTA
1.62
Employer state unemployment tax
0
Employer payroll taxes
384.12
Total cost to the employer
5,384.12
Total payroll tax, employee plus employer
766.62
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.

Your figures

Updates as you type
Formatting only. This does not change the calculation.
Chooses the headline figure and, for the stub and employer views, the itemised table.
Gross earnings for one pay period, before any deductions. Ignored when pay is entered hourly.
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.
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.

How this is worked out

6 steps
  1. Annual gross = 130000 over 26 pay periods.
  2. Annualised taxable income = 130000 - 0 pre-tax - 16100 standard deduction = 113900
  3. Federal tax on that = 19934; per period 766.69
  4. Social Security 6.2% on wages up to 184500 = 310
  5. Medicare 1.45% with no cap = 72.5
  6. Take-home per period = 3624.34
Deduction breakdowntable
itemamount
Gross pay5,000
Federal income tax-766.69
Social Security-310
Medicare-72.5
State income tax-226.47
Net pay3,624.34
Pay stubtable
sectionitemcurrentyearToDate
EarningsRegular pay5,0005,000
EarningsGross pay5,0005,000
Taxes withheldFederal income tax766.69766.69
Taxes withheldSocial Security310310
Taxes withheldMedicare72.572.5
Taxes withheldState income tax226.47226.47
Net payNet pay3,624.343,624.34

Its 13 worked examples are re-run on every release, last on 15 September 2026. What changed

Sources and references

11 sources
IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods
The percentage method for automated payroll systems annualises wages, applies the rate schedules and divides by the number of pay periods.
26 U.S.C. 225 - deduction for qualified overtime compensation, added by section 70202 of P.L. 119-21
tax years 2025-2028 · Caps the deduction at $12,500 ($25,000 joint) and reduces it by $100 for each $1,000 of modified AGI over $150,000 ($300,000 joint).
IRS Notice 2025-69, Guidance for Individual Taxpayers who received Qualified Tips or Qualified Overtime Compensation in 2025
2025 · Section II.B and the section III.B examples establish that only the FLSA-required one-half premium is qualified overtime compensation.
IRS Fact Sheet FS-2026-13, Questions and answers about the deduction for qualified overtime compensation
Supersedes the Notice 2025-69 FAQs. Deletes the 2025-only guidance and adds the employer reporting, calculation and withholding rules for tax year 2026, including Form W-2 box 12 code TT.

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What the ga payroll calculator calculates

Estimates net take-home pay from gross wages after federal income tax withholding, Social Security, Medicare, state tax and pre-tax deductions.

How to use this ga payroll calculator

Enter What this calculator answers, How pay is entered, Gross pay and Hourly rate. Take-home pay per period updates as you type. Change one figure at a time to see what drives the result.

How the result is worked out

Open “How this is worked out” beside the result for the step-by-step calculation behind Take-home pay per period, Gross per period and Annual gross.

The method follows IRS Revenue Procedure 2024-40, inflation-adjusted items for tax year 2025, IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32, modifying Rev. Proc. 2024-40 for the One Big Beautiful Bill ACT (P.L. 119-21), IRS, Federal income tax rates and brackets, Social Security Administration, Contribution and Benefit Base and IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods.

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Change one input at a time to see how it affects Take-home pay per period, Gross per period and Annual gross. The inputs you can vary are What this calculator answers, How pay is entered, Gross pay, Hourly rate, Regular hours in the pay period and Overtime hours in the pay period.

Understanding Take-home pay per period, Gross per period and Annual gross

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.

Results are general information, not financial, tax, legal, medical or engineering advice. Check any decision that matters with a qualified professional.

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Frequently asked questions

How to calculate payroll taxes in GA?

Estimates net take-home pay from gross wages after federal income tax withholding, Social Security, Medicare, state tax and pre-tax deductions. Open “How this is worked out” beside the result to see each step for your own figures.

What percentage of taxes are taken out of my paycheck in GA?

Estimates net take-home pay from gross wages after federal income tax withholding, Social Security, Medicare, state tax and pre-tax deductions. On this page it is computed from What this calculator answers, How pay is entered and Gross pay and shown as Take-home pay per period, Gross per period and Annual gross.

How to calculate GA state tax withholding?

It needs What this calculator answers, How pay is entered, Gross pay, Hourly rate, Regular hours in the pay period and Overtime hours in the pay period. Nothing else is required, and the figures stay in your browser.

How do I calculate payroll?

The result gives Take-home pay per period, Gross per period, Annual gross, Annual take-home, Federal income tax and Social Security, each labelled with its unit so the figure can be read on its own.

What information do I need for the ga payroll calculator?

You need What this calculator answers, How pay is entered, Gross pay, Hourly rate, Regular hours in the pay period, Overtime hours in the pay period, Overtime rate multiple and Which pay period of the year this is. The page opens with default figures that give take-home pay per period of 3,624.34, so you can see the scale before entering your own.

What does this ga payroll calculator show?

It shows Take-home pay per period, Gross per period, Annual gross, Annual take-home, Federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Additional Medicare, with the working and any warnings for your entries.

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