# Paycheck calculator Source: https://payinview.com/us/paycheck-calculator ## How the paycheck estimate works Start with hourly pay, an annual salary, or a gross paycheck. See federal withholding, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax, and entered deductions before the take-home amount. Compare the same check with extra gross earnings to see the estimated increase. ### Biweekly and twice-monthly pay Biweekly pay normally uses 26 checks per year. Twice-monthly pay uses 24. That difference changes both gross installments and withholding per check. For hourly biweekly pay, enter the two workweeks separately. ### Is this an overtime tax calculator? Yes, the extra-pay section compares estimated withholding and take-home pay with and without your entered overtime earnings. It uses regular-paycheck annualization, not a separate flat overtime tax. It does not decide legal overtime eligibility or calculate every state’s gross overtime rules. ### Does “no tax on overtime” make overtime tax-free? No. The qualified federal deduction concerns eligible overtime premium compensation, subject to limits. Overtime remains generally subject to Social Security and Medicare. We apply your W-4 settings rather than automatically making all overtime tax-free. [See IRS Publication 15-T](https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15t). ### How close is this to my actual check? The federal calculation follows the 2026 IRS regular-paycheck percentage method for the supported filing statuses. The state bracket model is a dated planning baseline with state-specific limits. For a closer match, enter current state withholding, local taxes, insurance contributions, and your W-4 settings. [See all assumptions and sources](https://payinview.com/us/paycheck-methodology). Federal sources: [IRS withholding methods](https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15t) and [Social Security and Medicare withholding](https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc751). ## Paycheck calculators by state Choose a state for its tax assumptions, source dates, and worked examples. - [Alabama](https://payinview.com/us/alabama/paycheck-calculator) - [Alaska](https://payinview.com/us/alaska/paycheck-calculator) - [Arizona](https://payinview.com/us/arizona/paycheck-calculator) - [Arkansas](https://payinview.com/us/arkansas/paycheck-calculator) - [California](https://payinview.com/us/california/paycheck-calculator) - [Colorado](https://payinview.com/us/colorado/paycheck-calculator) - [Connecticut](https://payinview.com/us/connecticut/paycheck-calculator) - [Delaware](https://payinview.com/us/delaware/paycheck-calculator) - [Florida](https://payinview.com/us/florida/paycheck-calculator) - [Georgia](https://payinview.com/us/georgia/paycheck-calculator) - [Hawaii](https://payinview.com/us/hawaii/paycheck-calculator) - [Idaho](https://payinview.com/us/idaho/paycheck-calculator) - [Illinois](https://payinview.com/us/illinois/paycheck-calculator) - [Indiana](https://payinview.com/us/indiana/paycheck-calculator) - [Iowa](https://payinview.com/us/iowa/paycheck-calculator) - [Kansas](https://payinview.com/us/kansas/paycheck-calculator) - [Kentucky](https://payinview.com/us/kentucky/paycheck-calculator) - [Louisiana](https://payinview.com/us/louisiana/paycheck-calculator) - [Maine](https://payinview.com/us/maine/paycheck-calculator) - [Maryland](https://payinview.com/us/maryland/paycheck-calculator) - [Massachusetts](https://payinview.com/us/massachusetts/paycheck-calculator) - [Michigan](https://payinview.com/us/michigan/paycheck-calculator) - [Minnesota](https://payinview.com/us/minnesota/paycheck-calculator) - [Mississippi](https://payinview.com/us/mississippi/paycheck-calculator) - [Missouri](https://payinview.com/us/missouri/paycheck-calculator) - [Montana](https://payinview.com/us/montana/paycheck-calculator) - [Nebraska](https://payinview.com/us/nebraska/paycheck-calculator) - [Nevada](https://payinview.com/us/nevada/paycheck-calculator) - [New Hampshire](https://payinview.com/us/new-hampshire/paycheck-calculator) - [New Jersey](https://payinview.com/us/new-jersey/paycheck-calculator) - [New Mexico](https://payinview.com/us/new-mexico/paycheck-calculator) - [New York](https://payinview.com/us/new-york/paycheck-calculator) - [North Carolina](https://payinview.com/us/north-carolina/paycheck-calculator) - [North Dakota](https://payinview.com/us/north-dakota/paycheck-calculator) - [Ohio](https://payinview.com/us/ohio/paycheck-calculator) - [Oklahoma](https://payinview.com/us/oklahoma/paycheck-calculator) - [Oregon](https://payinview.com/us/oregon/paycheck-calculator) - [Pennsylvania](https://payinview.com/us/pennsylvania/paycheck-calculator) - [Rhode Island](https://payinview.com/us/rhode-island/paycheck-calculator) - [South Carolina](https://payinview.com/us/south-carolina/paycheck-calculator) - [South Dakota](https://payinview.com/us/south-dakota/paycheck-calculator) - [Tennessee](https://payinview.com/us/tennessee/paycheck-calculator) - [Texas](https://payinview.com/us/texas/paycheck-calculator) - [Utah](https://payinview.com/us/utah/paycheck-calculator) - [Vermont](https://payinview.com/us/vermont/paycheck-calculator) - [Virginia](https://payinview.com/us/virginia/paycheck-calculator) - [Washington](https://payinview.com/us/washington/paycheck-calculator) - [West Virginia](https://payinview.com/us/west-virginia/paycheck-calculator) - [Wisconsin](https://payinview.com/us/wisconsin/paycheck-calculator) - [Wyoming](https://payinview.com/us/wyoming/paycheck-calculator)