2026 Minnesota paycheck calculator

What comes out of a Minnesota paycheck

On $1,500 every two weeks, single, a Minnesota worker keeps $1,222.83.

Minnesota taxes income at 5.35, 6.8, 7.85, and 9.85 percent, and employers follow a computer formula in the Department of Revenue's withholding booklet. Your paycheck is scaled up to a year of pay, and each allowance on Form W-4MN takes $5,300 off. A chart then applies the rates to what is left. Single workers pay nothing on the first $4,700 and 5.35 percent over that, rising to 6.8 percent over $38,010, 7.85 percent over $114,130, and 9.85 percent over $207,850. Married workers use a chart that starts at $14,700, with the next steps at $63,400, $208,180, and $352,630.

The form's Section 1 builds your allowances: one for yourself in step A, one in step C if you are married, one per dependent in step D, and one in step E for a head of household, who also uses the single chart. Step B covers a single worker with one job, or a married worker with one job whose spouse does not work, and the calculator does not assume it. If it fits you, one more allowance would leave $5,300 less of your yearly pay taxed.

Minnesota does not subtract federal tax. The booklet gives no worked example, so the formula was checked against its wage-bracket tables, and it matched every cell tested. The booklet lets employers round to the dollar but does not require it, so the calculator rounds to the cent.

County and local taxes

Minnesota law bars a county, city, or town from imposing a new tax on income. No Minnesota city or county taxes wages, and an employer withholds only the state's amount. The result needs nothing added for a local tax.

Disability and paid leave

Minnesota Paid Leave began on January 1, 2026. The premium is 0.88 percent of wages, and an employer may take up to half of it, 0.44 percent, from your pay on wages up to $184,500. The calculator shows that maximum, but an employer can pay more of the premium and take less, or nothing. Small employers that qualify pay a reduced total rate, though the worker's share can still reach 0.44 percent. The state has said the 0.88 percent rate stays the same in 2027.

Final pay and the minimum wage

Minnesota's minimum wage is $11.41 an hour in 2026 and $11.87 from January 1, 2027. Employers may not take a tip credit, so tipped workers earn the full minimum in cash. Minneapolis and St. Paul set higher minimums of their own, and we have not listed their rates here.

A fired worker can demand pay at once, and the employer is in default if the wages are not paid within 24 hours of that demand. A worker who quits is paid by the first regular payday after the last day of work. If that payday is less than five calendar days away, the second payday applies, but never later than 20 calendar days after the last day.