About taxbetween
An independent take-home pay calculator for people who are paid a wage in the United States and want to know what will actually land in their account.
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Why it exists
Type the same salary into two paycheck calculators and you can get two different answers, with no way to tell which is right. You cannot see which year's figures each one used, whether it included your state's disability or paid leave deduction, or what it assumed about you.
taxbetween is built so that you can tell. It covers 46 states for 2026. Each one is built from the state's own documents, 109 of them in total, and each is cited on the page it supports. Every result can be expanded to show the arithmetic behind it. If we cannot confirm a state's figures from an official source, the state is not on the site. The methodology page explains how this works in detail.
Who is behind it
taxbetween is edited by Alex Volero, who checks every rate, threshold and wage cap on the site against the document it comes from. The site has no connection to the IRS, any state government, any payroll provider, or any tax-preparation company.
We are not tax advisers and we do not prepare returns. The site calculates from published rates and shows its working, which is useful for comparing job offers, checking a paycheck, or planning a move. It cannot know everything about your situation. For a decision that depends on your full circumstances, talk to a qualified tax professional.
How it is paid for
The site is free and currently carries no advertising. If that changes, this page and the privacy policy will say so. Either way, advertisers will not get a say over the figures, and what you type into the calculator will never leave your browser.
Found a mistake?
Please tell us. A report that names the state, the salary and the line that looks wrong is the fastest thing to check. We check it against the source, correct anything that is wrong, and record the correction in the tax changes log.