Hourly pay after taxes in Georgia
$20 an hour in Georgia comes to $1,318.40 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Georgia Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $7.25 | $535.48 | $1,160 | $13,922 |
| $18.00 | $1,197.82 | $2,595 | $31,143 |
| $20.00 | $1,318.40 | $2,857 | $34,278 |
| $22.00 | $1,438.97 | $3,118 | $37,413 |
| $25.00 | $1,619.84 | $3,510 | $42,116 |
| $30.00 | $1,921.28 | $4,163 | $49,953 |
| $35.00 | $2,198.49 | $4,763 | $57,161 |
| $40.00 | $2,459.93 | $5,330 | $63,958 |
| $50.00 | $2,982.81 | $6,463 | $77,553 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Georgia starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,619.84.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Georgia income tax | $71.01 |
Georgia taxes wages at a flat 4.99 percent for 2026, after a standard deduction of $15,000 for a single worker or head of household ($30,000 for married couples filing jointly) and $5,000 for each dependent. Federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare are the only other lines, since Georgia levies no disability or leave premium and no city or county wage tax.
Because the rate is flat, the Georgia line climbs in step with the wage, and the large standard deduction keeps it modest at the bottom of the table.
What changes your number
The first $15,000 of a single worker's pay is shielded from Georgia tax, so a low wage owes proportionally less than a high one. Dependents help as well, since each one takes $5,000 off the pay that Georgia taxes.
The flat rate also makes Georgia easy to plan around. A raise is taxed at the same 4.99 percent on the state side whatever your wage, and only the federal tax steps up.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Georgia comes to $1,016.96.
The minimum wage in Georgia
The minimum wage in Georgia is $7.25 an hour, and a full-time worker at $7.25 takes home about $1,160 a month. Georgia's labor department lists $5.15 as the state's own figure, but with limited exceptions the federal $7.25 applies instead.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Georgia Department of Revenue, 2026 Employer's Tax Guide (cover: "REVISED: September 2026"), page 3, What's New for Tax Year 2026: "The income tax rate has been reduced from a flat rate of 5.19% to a flat rate of 4.99%. Note: Employers must continue to withhold at the rate of 5.19% before the effective date of the change and can begin withholding at the new rate of 4.99%, starting May 11, 2026"; page 51, Table E, annual standard deduction $30,000 married filing joint, $15,000 single or head of household, $15,000 married filing separate, dependent allowance $5,000 (dor.georgia.gov/document/document/2026-employers-tax-guide-updated-june-2026/download, saved as data/sources/georgia/2026-employers-tax-guide-updated-june-2026.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026).
Disability: Georgia runs no state disability or paid-family-leave insurance program paid by an employee payroll deduction: the 2026 Employer's Tax Guide (saved as data/sources/georgia/2026-employers-tax-guide-updated-june-2026.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026) covers Georgia income tax as the only state withholding on wages; no Georgia law or agency page describing such a program was found.
Local taxes: The Georgia Department of Revenue's 2026 Employer's Tax Guide (saved as data/sources/georgia/2026-employers-tax-guide-updated-june-2026.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026) describes Georgia state income tax withholding only, with no city or county withholding anywhere in its tables, percentage method, or Form G-4; Form G-4 (Rev. 06/03/26) has no local line. No official Georgia page saying "no local income tax" in those words was found (see openQuestions).
Minimum wage: Georgia Department of Labor, "Minimum Wage" (dol.georgia.gov/minimum-wage, saved as data/sources/georgia/gdol-minimum-wage.html, read Oct 29, 2026): "Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, however, with some limited exceptions, the federal minimum wage rate applies," citing O.C.G.A. 34-4-3 and the Fair Labor Standards Act; the same page gives the federal minimum wage as $7.25 per hour. The calculator shows $7.25 because it covers the workers the federal rate applies to. No scheduled change.
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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