Hourly pay after taxes in Texas
$20 an hour in Texas comes to $1,369.45 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 28, 2026 against IRS and Texas Legislative Council sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $7.25 | $535.63 | $1,161 | $13,926 |
| $18.00 | $1,240.89 | $2,689 | $32,263 |
| $20.00 | $1,369.45 | $2,967 | $35,606 |
| $22.00 | $1,498.01 | $3,246 | $38,948 |
| $25.00 | $1,690.85 | $3,664 | $43,962 |
| $30.00 | $2,012.25 | $4,360 | $52,319 |
| $35.00 | $2,309.42 | $5,004 | $60,045 |
| $40.00 | $2,590.82 | $5,613 | $67,361 |
| $50.00 | $3,153.62 | $6,833 | $81,994 |
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 Texas starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,690.85.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Texas income tax | $0.00 |
A Texas paycheck is taxed by the federal government alone: income tax, Social Security, and Medicare. The state takes nothing from wages, no disability or paid leave program claims a share, and no city or county adds one. The deductions table shows $0.00 for Texas.
On the tax side, Texas leaves the federal government as the only taker.
What changes your number
Without a state layer, a Texas raise is split between you and the federal government alone. The federal bracket for your income and the flat Social Security and Medicare shares decide how much of each new dollar reaches your check.
The state also adopts the federal minimum wage by law, so the first row of the table moves only when the federal rate does. Extra hours and any pretax contribution matter more than anything the state does.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Texas comes to $1,048.05.
The minimum wage in Texas
The minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 an hour, and a full-time worker at $7.25 takes home about $1,161 a month. Texas Labor Code Section 62.051 adopts the federal minimum wage as the state minimum.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 28, 2026. Source: Texas Constitution, Article 8, Section 24-a, "Individual Income Tax Prohibited" (added Nov. 5, 2019 by the voter-approved constitutional amendment, Proposition 4, replacing the repealed Section 24; tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf, read Oct 28, 2026): "The legislature may not impose a tax on the net incomes of individuals, including an individual's share of partnership and unincorporated association income."
Disability: No Texas state agency administers a short-term disability or paid-family-leave payroll deduction program as of 2026 (checked against the Texas Workforce Commission's own program list).
Local taxes: Section 24-a binds the Legislature, not cities or counties, so it does not by itself bar a local income tax. No Texas statute authorizes one: the Texas Comptroller's own account of the taxes Texas local governments may impose, "Local Taxes" (comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/archive/2016/may/local-taxes.php, read Oct 28, 2026), lists only property and sales taxes for cities, counties, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts, with no income tax among them.
Minimum wage: Texas Labor Code Section 62.051: Texas adopts the federal minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act as the state 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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