Hourly pay after taxes in every state
Pick a wage from $15 to $50 an hour to see its take-home pay in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, side by side.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and state revenue office sourcesHow we check
A year of pay at each wage
Each row is a year at 40 hours a week: the pay before taxes, then the least and the most any place leaves after them.
| Wage | Before taxes | Least kept | Most kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | $31,200 | $25,294 | $27,249 |
| $16 | $33,280 | $26,508 | $28,921 |
| $17 | $35,360 | $28,005 | $30,592 |
| $18 | $37,440 | $29,501 | $32,263 |
| $19 | $39,520 | $30,998 | $33,934 |
| $20 | $41,600 | $32,495 | $35,606 |
| $21 | $43,680 | $33,991 | $37,277 |
| $22 | $45,760 | $35,488 | $38,948 |
| $23 | $47,840 | $36,984 | $40,620 |
| $24 | $49,920 | $38,481 | $42,291 |
| $25 | $52,000 | $40,240 | $43,962 |
| $26 | $54,080 | $41,737 | $45,633 |
| $27 | $56,160 | $43,234 | $47,305 |
| $28 | $58,240 | $44,730 | $48,976 |
| $29 | $60,320 | $46,227 | $50,647 |
| $30 | $62,400 | $47,723 | $52,319 |
| $31 | $64,480 | $49,220 | $53,990 |
| $32 | $66,560 | $50,711 | $55,655 |
| $33 | $68,640 | $52,018 | $57,118 |
| $34 | $70,720 | $53,324 | $58,582 |
| $35 | $72,800 | $54,631 | $60,045 |
| $40 | $83,200 | $61,102 | $67,361 |
| $45 | $93,600 | $67,435 | $74,678 |
| $50 | $104,000 | $73,506 | $81,994 |
Every figure assumes one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out, worked out by the same calculator as each state's hourly page. Each wage's own page shows every place's paycheck, month, and year. For your own hours, use the paycheck calculator.
Which places keep the most and the least
Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming keep the most at every wage from $15 to $50 an hour, since none of them takes anything from a paycheck beyond federal tax and FICA. North Dakota ties with them at every wage here from $15 to $28 an hour, where its income tax withholding comes to $0, and falls behind them from $29.
Oregon keeps the least at every wage here from $16 to $50 an hour. At $15, which is under Oregon's $15.55 minimum wage, the least is in Maryland, figured for Baltimore City.
How far apart the states are
The gap between the most and the least kept is $1,956 a year at $15 an hour, $3,722 a year at $25, and $8,488 a year at $50. At $25 an hour, federal income tax and FICA take $8,038 a year in every state, while the state's own taxes and deductions run from $0 to $3,722.
Minimum wages on these pages
Where a wage is below a place's minimum wage, that place's row on the wage page shows its minimum wage in place of take-home figures. Twelve places have a minimum wage above $15 an hour, four above $16, two above $17, and only the District of Columbia above $18. From $19 up, every place has figures.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: the IRS for federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare, and each state's revenue office, named on that state's hourly page, for its own taxes and minimum wage.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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