Take-Home Pay US

This app does not represent a government entity. Take-Home Pay US is a private estimate for one 2026 W-2 job in Texas, Florida, Washington, California, or New York. It is not a government app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Employment Development Department, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Florida Department of Revenue, the Washington State Department of Revenue, or the WA Cares Fund.

Results are estimates only. Not a tax return, not a withholding table, and not tax advice. A filing status and an optional pre-tax 401(k) can be entered. Compare and a year-ahead view are in the yearly subscription inside the app.

Pages for each figure, and every government page linked in the app:

• 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2026-including-amendments-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill
• IRS Publication 15 (2026), Social Security and Medicare rates and wage base: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15
• IRS Topic No. 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc751
• IRS Topic No. 560, Additional Medicare Tax: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc560
• IRS Publication 15-T is linked in the app. This estimate uses the annual brackets above, not those withholding tables: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15t
• IRS Form W-4: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-4
• 2026 pre-tax 401(k) deferral limit: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/401k-limit-increases-to-24500-for-2026-ira-limit-increases-to-7500
• IRS Tax Withholding Estimator: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator
• IRS home: https://www.irs.gov/
• USA.gov taxes: https://www.usa.gov/taxes
• California 2025 Form 540 tax rate schedules: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2025/2025-540-tax-rate-schedules.pdf
• California 2026 standard deduction, Form 540-ES: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2026/2026-540-es-instructions.html
• California Franchise Tax Board: https://www.ftb.ca.gov/
• California SDI for 2026: https://edd.ca.gov/en/payroll_taxes/rates_and_withholding/
• New York IT-2105-I (2026): https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it2105i.pdf
• New York personal income tax: https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit
• Texas has no state income tax: https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/industry/2025/small-biz-info/
• Texas Comptroller taxes: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/
• Florida has no personal income tax: https://floridarevenue.com/faq/Pages/FAQDetails.aspx?FAQID=1466
• Florida official portal: https://www.myflorida.gov/
• Washington has no individual income tax in 2026: https://dor.wa.gov/income-tax
• Washington Department of Revenue: https://dor.wa.gov/
• WA Cares premium: https://wacaresfund.wa.gov/how-it-works
• WA Cares Fund: https://wacaresfund.wa.gov/
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