Open Data: Payroll Withholding by State, 2026
Two free CSV files for tax year 2026. One lists what each state takes from an employee’s pay besides income tax. The other gives take-home pay at five salaries in all 50 states. Both are licensed CC BY 4.0, built from the same rates as our calculators, and every rate links to an official source.
- Version
- 2026.1
- Tax year
- 2026
- Coverage
- 50 states
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
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1. Payroll withholding by state
Social Security, Medicare, paid leave, disability, long-term care, transit and employee-paid unemployment insurance. Rate, wage cap, yearly maximum and source for each.
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2. Take-home pay by state
A single filer at $40,000, $60,000, $75,000, $100,000 and $150,000. Federal tax, FICA, state tax and state programs shown separately.
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What is in file 1
Most state tax tables stop at income tax. File 1 covers the rest of the paycheck. 14 states have at least one employee-paid program in our calculators, 20 programs in all. 34 states show None modeled and link to the state page with its sources. Hawaii and New Mexico list items our calculators do not subtract (see the note under the table).
| State | Program | Rate | Wage cap | Most per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | AK Unemployment Insurance | 0.5% | $54,200 | $271.00 |
| California | California State Disability Insurance | 1.3% | none | — |
| Colorado | CO FAMLI | 0.44% | $184,500 | $811.80 |
| Connecticut | CT Paid Leave | 0.5% | $184,500 | $922.50 |
| Delaware | DE paid leave | 0.4% | $184,500 | $738.00 |
| Maine | Maine Paid Family & Medical Leave | 0.5% | $184,500 | $922.50 |
| Massachusetts | MA paid family and medical leave | 0.46% | $184,500 | $848.70 |
| Minnesota | MN paid leave | 0.44% | $184,500 | $811.80 |
| New Jersey | NJ unemployment and workforce | 0.425% | $44,800 | $190.40 |
| New Jersey | NJ disability insurance | 0.19% | $171,100 | $325.09 |
| New Jersey | NJ family leave insurance | 0.23% | $171,100 | $393.53 |
| New York | New York Paid Family Leave | 0.432% | $95,349 | $411.91 |
| New York | New York Disability Insurance | 0.5% | $6,240 | $31.20 |
| Oregon | OR statewide transit tax | 0.1% | none | — |
| Oregon | Paid Leave Oregon | 0.6% | $184,500 | $1,107.00 |
| Oregon | OR Workers' Benefit Fund | $0.009 per hour worked | none | $18.72 |
| Pennsylvania | PA Unemployment | 0.07% | none | — |
| Rhode Island | RI TDI/TCI | 1.1% | $100,000 | $1,100.00 |
| Washington | Paid Family and Medical Leave (employee share) | 0.807159% | $184,500 | $1,489.21 |
| Washington | WA Cares Fund (long-term care) | 0.58% | none | — |
Optional items an employer may withhold (Hawaii) and a small fixed fee we do not
model (New Mexico) are in the file with in_calculator_net set to no.
Column dictionary
File 1: payroll withholding
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
scope | federal (same in every state) or state. |
state, state_abbr | State name and postal abbreviation. Federal rows use All states and US. |
program | The withholding. One row per program per state. None modeled means the calculator withholds no employee-paid state payroll program there. |
category | unemployment, disability, paid_family_medical_leave, long_term_care, transit, workers_benefit, social_security, medicare, other. |
in_calculator_net | yes if our calculator subtracts it from take-home pay. no for optional or unmodeled items we list for completeness. |
rate_percent | Employee rate as a percent of wages (0.807159 means 0.807159%). For optional items, the most an employer may withhold. |
wage_cap_usd_per_year | Wages above this amount are not subject to the charge. Empty means no cap. |
flat_amount_usd, flat_basis | For programs charged as a fixed amount rather than a rate, the amount and what it is charged per. |
max_per_year_usd | The most one employee pays in a year, where a cap or a fixed amount makes it knowable. Empty where there is no cap. |
source_url | The official document that carries the rate. |
source_checked_on | The date we last confirmed the link loaded and still showed the figure. |
state_page_url | Our calculator page for the state, which names every source it uses. Federal rows point to the methodology page. |
notes | Context a reader needs to use the row correctly. |
File 2: take-home pay
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
state, state_abbr | State name and postal abbreviation. |
gross_salary_usd | Annual pay before tax: 40,000, 60,000, 75,000, 100,000 or 150,000. |
filing_status | Always single. |
federal_income_tax_usd | Federal income tax after the 2026 standard deduction. |
social_security_usd, medicare_usd | Federal payroll taxes (FICA), employee share. |
state_income_tax_usd | State income tax withholding. Zero in the nine states with no wage tax. |
county_income_tax_usd | County income tax. Only Indiana and Maryland; the state's default county is used. |
state_payroll_programs_usd | Sum of the employee-paid programs in file 1 that are marked in_calculator_net = yes. |
total_withheld_usd | All of the above, added together. |
net_annual_usd, net_monthly_usd | Take-home pay per year and per month (annual divided by 12). |
state_page_url | Our calculator page for the state. |
How to cite
Plain text
StateLine Calc. (2026). Employee payroll withholding by U.S. state, tax year 2026 (Version 2026.1) [Data set]. https://statelinecalc.com/open-data/BibTeX
@misc{statelinecalc_withholding_2026,
author = {{StateLine Calc}},
title = {Employee payroll withholding by {U.S.} state, tax year 2026},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.1},
publisher = {StateLine Calc},
url = {https://statelinecalc.com/open-data/},
note = {Data set, CC BY 4.0}
}For file 2, use the title Take-home pay by U.S. state at five salaries, tax year 2026 and the same address. Add the date you accessed the file.
License and credit
CC BY 4.0: copy, share, and adapt the data, including for commercial use, as long as you give credit. A credit line you can paste:
Source: StateLine Calc, statelinecalc.com/open-data/ (CC BY 4.0)Limits you should know
- Take-home pay is for a single filer with no 401(k) and the standard deduction.
- Local income taxes are not included, except the default county in Indiana and Maryland.
- Employer-paid taxes are not included. Where a state lets employers choose how much to withhold, the
file uses the maximum and says so in
notes. - None modeled describes our calculator, not the law. Check the state page.
- Rates are for 2026. Federal rates were verified ; each source link carries its own check date in the file, between and .
Versions and corrections
We re-verify every rate each January; the next review is . If a figure is wrong, the file and its version number change and the change is written up on the corrections page. Method and sources: methodology. To report a problem, contact us.
Published . Last updated .
StateLine Calc provides general information for educational purposes only. It is not financial, tax or legal advice. Figures are estimates based on published rates.