What an hourly wage really pays, state by state: pick your state to turn any rate, hours and weeks into take-home per year, month, bi-weekly paycheck and week — after federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and each state’s own 2026 tax, on the same verified engine as the state paycheck calculators.
Full-time — 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year ($52,000 gross) — single filer, ranked by take-home pay. Change the wage and the table and cards recompute and re-rank live.
| # | State | Min. wage | Gross | Federal tax | State tax & extras | FICA | Take-home / year | / week | Tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $14.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 2 | Florida | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 3 | Nevada | $12.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 4 | New Hampshire | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 5 | North Dakota | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 6 | South Dakota | $11.85 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 7 | Tennessee | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 8 | Texas | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 9 | Wyoming | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $0 | $3,978 | $43,962 | $845 | 15.5% |
| 10 | Washington | $17.13 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $302 | $3,978 | $43,660 | $840 | 16.0% |
| 11 | Ohio | $11.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $655 | $3,978 | $43,308 | $833 | 16.7% |
| 12 | Arizona | $15.15 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $898 | $3,978 | $43,065 | $828 | 17.2% |
| 13 | South Carolina | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,132 | $3,978 | $42,830 | $824 | 17.6% |
| 14 | Louisiana | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,174 | $3,978 | $42,788 | $823 | 17.7% |
| 15 | New Mexico | $12.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,278 | $3,978 | $42,684 | $821 | 17.9% |
| 16 | Vermont | $14.42 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,308 | $3,978 | $42,654 | $820 | 18.0% |
| 17 | Iowa | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,324 | $3,978 | $42,638 | $820 | 18.0% |
| 18 | New Jersey | $15.92 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,326 | $3,978 | $42,636 | $820 | 18.0% |
| 19 | Rhode Island | $16.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,333 | $3,978 | $42,629 | $820 | 18.0% |
| 20 | Mississippi | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,348 | $3,978 | $42,614 | $820 | 18.1% |
| 21 | Utah | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,348 | $3,978 | $42,614 | $820 | 18.1% |
| 22 | Nebraska | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,486 | $3,978 | $42,476 | $817 | 18.3% |
| 23 | Indiana | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,505 | $3,978 | $42,458 | $816 | 18.4% |
| 24 | Missouri | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,507 | $3,978 | $42,455 | $816 | 18.4% |
| 25 | West Virginia | $8.75 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,529 | $3,978 | $42,434 | $816 | 18.4% |
| 26 | North Carolina | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,566 | $3,978 | $42,396 | $815 | 18.5% |
| 27 | Colorado | $15.16 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,580 | $3,978 | $42,382 | $815 | 18.5% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,596 | $3,978 | $42,366 | $815 | 18.5% |
| 29 | Idaho | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,648 | $3,978 | $42,314 | $814 | 18.6% |
| 30 | Wisconsin | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,675 | $3,978 | $42,287 | $813 | 18.7% |
| 31 | Montana | $10.85 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,687 | $3,978 | $42,275 | $813 | 18.7% |
| 32 | Kentucky | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,702 | $3,978 | $42,260 | $813 | 18.7% |
| 33 | Arkansas | $11.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,724 | $3,978 | $42,238 | $812 | 18.8% |
| 34 | Oklahoma | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,795 | $3,978 | $42,168 | $811 | 18.9% |
| 35 | Maine | $15.10 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,832 | $3,978 | $42,130 | $810 | 19.0% |
| 36 | California | $16.90 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,845 | $3,978 | $42,117 | $810 | 19.0% |
| 37 | Georgia | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,846 | $3,978 | $42,116 | $810 | 19.0% |
| 38 | District of Columbia | $18.40 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,954 | $3,978 | $42,008 | $808 | 19.2% |
| 39 | Michigan | $13.73 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $1,959 | $3,978 | $42,003 | $808 | 19.2% |
| 40 | Minnesota | $11.41 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,013 | $3,978 | $41,949 | $807 | 19.3% |
| 41 | Kansas | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,102 | $3,978 | $41,860 | $805 | 19.5% |
| 42 | Connecticut | $16.94 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,110 | $3,978 | $41,852 | $805 | 19.5% |
| 43 | Alabama | $7.25 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,157 | $3,978 | $41,805 | $804 | 19.6% |
| 44 | Hawaii | $16.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,169 | $3,978 | $41,793 | $804 | 19.6% |
| 45 | Virginia | $12.77 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,176 | $3,978 | $41,786 | $804 | 19.6% |
| 46 | Delaware | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,209 | $3,978 | $41,753 | $803 | 19.7% |
| 47 | New York | $16.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,211 | $3,978 | $41,751 | $803 | 19.7% |
| 48 | Massachusetts | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,380 | $3,978 | $41,582 | $800 | 20.0% |
| 49 | Illinois | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $2,429 | $3,978 | $41,533 | $799 | 20.1% |
| 50 | Maryland | $15.00 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $3,402 | $3,978 | $40,560 | $780 | 22.0% |
| 51 | Oregon | $15.55 | $52,000 | $4,060 | $3,713 | $3,978 | $40,249 | $774 | 22.6% |
“State tax & extras” includes the modelled county tax for Maryland and state payroll extras such as California SDI and Washington’s WA Cares where they apply. Minimum wages are the statewide rates in force at the end of 2026 (U.S. Department of Labor); some cities set higher local wages.
Hourly pay after tax in all 50 states and DC for 2026: what an hourly wage becomes per year, month, paycheck and week after federal, state and payroll tax, with a full comparison table.
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One hub for the whole country: what an hourly wage becomes after tax in every state and DC in 2026, ranked at $25 an hour with a wage control that re-ranks all 51 jurisdictions live, and a page per state for the full calculation on any wage, hours and weeks.
At $25 an hour full-time ($52,000 gross, single filer), take-home in 2026 runs from $40,249 a year in the highest-tax jurisdiction to $43,962 in the states with no wage income tax — a gap of $3,713 a year for the same job at the same wage.
Each state page runs the same annualised model as the state paycheck calculators: hourly wage × hours × weeks gives the annual gross, the federal and state schedules and FICA are applied from the canonical 2026 dataset, and the result is divided per year, month, bi-weekly paycheck and week.
At $25 an hour full-time, take-home is highest in the states with no wage income tax: $43,962 a year in Texas, Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming, where only federal tax and FICA come off. Washington also has no wage income tax, but its WA Cares payroll deduction trims its figure to $43,660.
Three layers differ: whether the state taxes wages at all, its rates and brackets, and the deductions or payroll extras it adds — California’s SDI, for example, takes a further 1.3% of wages. Federal tax and FICA are the same everywhere.
Wage × hours per week × weeks per year gives the annual gross; the same verified engine as the state paycheck calculators then applies the 2026 federal schedule, FICA and the state’s own schedule, and divides the net by 12, 26 or 52 for the month, paycheck and week figures.
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