Does Washington have a state income tax?

Not on wages today. The Department of Revenue says Washington does not currently have an individual income tax. The 2026 Legislature passed Senate Bill 6346, which adds a 9.9% income tax from January 1, 2028 on the adjusted gross income of individuals and joint filers above $1 million, with the first returns due in 2029. It changes nothing in a 2026 paycheck, and nothing is withheld for the state from wages.

How much is $60,000 a year after tax in Washington?

For a single employee on a standard Form W-4 who is paid every two weeks, a $60,000 salary takes home $1,906.06 a paycheck, or $49,557.62 a year. The year's deductions are $5,020.08 of federal income tax, $3,720.08 of Social Security, $869.96 of Medicare, $484.38 for Paid Family and Medical Leave and $347.88 for WA Cares.

How much is $20 an hour after tax in Washington?

At 40 hours a week and weekly pay, $20 an hour is $800.00 gross and $673.62 take-home a week for a single employee. That is $54.08 of federal income tax, $49.60 of Social Security, $11.60 of Medicare and $11.10 of Washington premiums. Switch to hourly in the calculator to type your own hours, including overtime.

What are the Paid Leave and WA Cares premiums on a Washington paycheck?

Paid Family and Medical Leave is 1.13% of gross wages up to the 2026 Social Security cap of $184,500, and the employee pays 71.43% of it, about 0.81% of pay. WA Cares, the state's long-term care benefit, is 0.58% of every dollar of gross wages with no cap, all paid by the employee. On a $60,000 salary that is $18.63 and $13.38 a paycheck. Employers can also choose to pay some or all of the employee share themselves.

Who can be exempt from the WA Cares premium?

An employee can apply to the Employment Security Department for an exemption if they live outside Washington, are an active-duty service member with an off-duty civilian job, are the spouse or registered domestic partner of an active-duty service member, or are a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 70% or more. A worker on a non-immigrant work visa has been exempt automatically since January 1, 2026 and can ask the employer in writing to keep contributing. The employer stops the premium only once it has the approval letter. Workers who hold a private long-term care insurance exemption can cancel it between January 1, 2026 and June 30, 2028 and join the program.

Does a small employer pay part of the Paid Leave premium?

Only an employer with 50 or more employees pays its share, up to 28.57% of the premium. A business with fewer than 50 employees does not owe the employer portion, but it still has to collect the employees' premiums from their pay or pay them on the employees' behalf. For the $60,000 example the employer share is $193.70 a year, and it is in the employer block of this page.

When does overtime start in Washington, and what is the minimum wage?

Overtime is time and one-half the regular rate for most employees after 40 hours in a 7-day workweek. Washington does not require overtime after 8 hours in a day, except on certain public works projects, and an employee cannot waive the right to it. The 2026 minimum wage is $17.13 an hour, and it rises to $17.73 on January 1, 2027. Some cities set higher rates.

What does a 401(k) do to my Washington paycheck?

It lowers federal income tax withholding and nothing else. Putting 6% of a $60,000 salary into a 401(k) is $138.46 a paycheck, and take-home pay falls by only $121.84 because federal withholding drops by $16.62. The Paid Leave and WA Cares premiums are figured on gross wages, so they stay the same.

Who pays unemployment tax in Washington, and how much is it?

The employer does, and nothing comes out of your paycheck for it. In 2026 the taxable wage base is $78,200 per worker, the highest of any state in the Labor Department's January 2026 chart. A new employer pays 115% of the average rate of its industry, with a federal minimum of 1%. This page uses the state's own 2025 average rate of 1.33% as a stand-in, which is $798 on a $60,000 salary. Washington is not on the Labor Department's list of states with a 2026 federal credit reduction.

Washington Paycheck Calculator

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Enter your pay, how often you are paid and your Form W-4 choices, and this Washington paycheck calculator shows your 2026 take-home pay. Washington withholds no state income tax, but your employer takes 0.81% for Paid Family and Medical Leave and 0.58% for WA Cares, and the employer's side of the bill is worked out right under it.

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Washington

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I'm paid

Yearly salary (USD)

Pay frequency

Filing status on Form W-4

Form W-4 steps 2 to 4

Step 2 box is checked

Two jobs with similar pay, or both spouses work.

Children under 17

Step 3: $2,200 each.

Other dependents

Step 3: $500 each.

Other income per year

Step 4(a).

Deductions per year

Step 4(b).

Extra withholding each paycheck (USD)

Step 4(c).

401(k), % of pay

2026 limit $24,500.

Health premiums per paycheck

Pre-tax.

HSA per paycheck

2026 limit $8,750.

Take-home pay per paycheck

$1,906.06

$2,307.69 gross · $401.63 withheld (17.4%)

Where this paycheck goes

Gross pay: $2,307.69
Federal income tax: - $193.08
Social Security6.2%: - $143.08
Medicare1.45%: - $33.46
Additional Medicare0.9%: - $0.00
Washington income tax: - $0.00
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave0.807%, up to $1,489.21 a year: - $18.63
Washington Cares long-term care premium0.58%: - $13.38
401(k): - $0.00
Health premiums: - $0.00
HSA: - $0.00

Take-home pay$1,906.06

Over the year, 26 paychecks

Gross pay: $60,000
Taxes: - $10,442
Pre-tax deductions: - $0
Share kept: 82.6%

Take-home pay$49,558

Of every $100 of gross pay, $83 is take-home.

Federal income tax$5,020 · 8.4%
Social Security$3,720 · 6.2%
Medicare$870 · 1.4%
Washington income tax$0 · 0%
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave$484 · 0.8%
Washington Cares long-term care premium$348 · 0.6%
Take-home pay$49,558 · 82.6%

Take-home pay rises with every extra dollar of salary.

Gross payTake-home pay

This pay costs the employer $65,624 a year, $2,523.99 each pay period.

What the employer adds, per year

Employer Social Security6.2% to $184,500: $3,720
Employer Medicare1.45%: $870
Federal unemployment (FUTA)0.6% of the first $7,000: $42
Washington unemployment1.33% of the first $78,200: $798
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave, employer share0.323% of the first $184,500: $194

Employer taxes$5,624

Total cost of the employee

Gross pay: $60,000
Employer taxes: + $5,624
Per pay period: $2,523.99

Per year$65,624

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Washington taxes no wages, so two premiums are all the state takes from a paycheck.

The Department of Revenue says Washington does not currently have an individual income tax. What the state takes from a paycheck instead is two premiums: Paid Family and Medical Leave, which is 0.81% of gross wages up to the Social Security wage base of $184,500, and WA Cares, the long-term care benefit, which is 0.58% of gross wages with no cap. An employer must either withhold both from pay or pay some or all of the employee share itself.

A $60,000 Washington salary takes home $1,906.06 every two weeks.

The calculator opens on this case: a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions.

Gross pay: $60,000 ÷ 26 = $2,307.69
Federal income tax: $193.08 ($60,000 less the $8,600 of IRS Worksheet 1A is $51,400; $1,240 plus 12% of everything over $19,900 is $5,020 a year)
Social Security: 6.2% × $2,307.69 = $143.08; Medicare: 1.45% = $33.46
Washington income tax: $0.00
Paid Leave: 0.81% × $2,307.69 = $18.63; WA Cares: 0.58% × $2,307.69 = $13.38
Take-home pay: $1,906.06 a paycheck, $49,557.62 a year

Of $60,000 gross, $49,558 reaches the bank account.

Federal income tax$5,020 · 8.4%
Social Security$3,720 · 6.2%
Medicare$870 · 1.4%
Washington income tax$0 · 0%
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave$484 · 0.8%
Washington Cares long-term care premium$348 · 0.6%
Take-home pay$49,558 · 82.6%

Each paycheck: $1,906.06Kept: 82.6%

A single employee on a $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks. Invented example. Each tax is rounded to the cent in every paycheck, as payroll does.

Paid Leave stops at $184,500 of pay, but WA Cares keeps taking 0.58% of every dollar.

Paid Leave works like Social Security: it ends once the year's pay reaches the cap, so it takes at most about $1,489 a year. WA Cares has no cap. On a $250,000 salary, Paid Leave is $1,489.18 for the year and WA Cares is $1,450.02, so the share of pay that goes to payroll taxes falls above the cap and then keeps falling, more slowly.

Paid Leave stops at $184,500 of pay while WA Cares takes 0.58% of all of it.

$60,000 a year9.04% of pay
Social Security $3,720, Medicare $870, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave $484, Washington Cares long-term care premium $348
$150,000 a year9.04% of pay
Social Security $9,300, Medicare $2,175, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave $1,211, Washington Cares long-term care premium $870
$250,000 a year7.38% of pay
Social Security $11,439, Medicare $3,625, Additional Medicare $450, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave $1,489, Washington Cares long-term care premium $1,450
$500,000 a year5.16% of pay
Social Security $11,439, Medicare $7,250, Additional Medicare $2,700, Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave $1,489, Washington Cares long-term care premium $2,900

Social SecurityMedicareAdditional MedicareWashington Paid Family and Medical LeaveWashington Cares long-term care premium

Invented salaries, single, paid every two weeks. Additional Medicare Tax is 0.9% of pay above $200,000.

A 401(k) takes $138.46 of a paycheck and costs $121.84 of take-home pay.

With no state income tax to lower, the whole saving is federal: a 6% deferral on the $60,000 example cuts federal withholding by $16.62 a paycheck. Social Security, Medicare and both Washington premiums are still figured on the full $2,307.69.

A 6% 401(k) lowers federal tax by $16.62 a paycheck and Washington tax by nothing.

Federal tax, no 401(k)$193.08
Federal tax, 6% 401(k)$176.46
Washington tax, no 401(k)$0.00
Washington tax, 6% 401(k)$0.00

Invented example: a $60,000 salary, single, paid every two weeks. 6% of pay is $138.46 a paycheck.

Overtime starts after 40 hours a week, and the 2026 minimum wage is $17.13.

Washington requires time and one-half the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek and does not count hours by the day, except on certain public works projects. The regular rate includes commissions and non-discretionary bonuses, but not tips, expense reimbursements or paid time off. The chart shows one week at the minimum wage with 40, 46 and 52 hours, and the calculator's hourly mode and its overtime field give the take-home pay of any week with extra hours. For a week with unpaid breaks, the hourly paycheck calculator works out the paid hours.

Of each extra overtime dollar, 79 cents is take-home.

40 hours$582.98 of $685.20
46 hours$704.71 of $839.37
52 hours$826.45 of $993.54

Take-home payFederal income taxSocial Security and MedicareWashington premiums and tax

Invented example at $17.13 an hour. Hours over 40 are paid at time and one-half.

Hiring that employee costs $65,624 a year in Washington.

On top of the $60,000, the employer matches Social Security and Medicare at 6.2% and 1.45%, which is $4,590. It pays federal unemployment tax of 0.6% on the first $7,000, which is $42. Washington unemployment tax is charged on the first $78,200 of each employee's pay, the highest base in the country, and a new employer pays 115% of its industry's average rate. An employer with 50 or more employees also pays its share of Paid Leave, $193.70 on this salary.

On $60,000 of pay, the employer owes $5,624 more in taxes.

Employer Social Security$3,720
Employer Medicare$870
Washington unemployment$798
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave, employer share$194
Federal unemployment (FUTA)$42

An employee on a $60,000 salary. Washington unemployment is the 2026 new-employer rate of 1.33% on the first $78,200.

A 9.9% income tax starts in 2028, and only on income above $1 million.

Senate Bill 6346 of the 2026 Legislature taxes the adjusted gross income of individuals and married couples filing jointly above $1 million at 9.9% from January 1, 2028, with the first returns due in April 2029. A $1 million threshold is far above the pay in this calculator, so until then a Washington employee's state deductions are the two premiums above.

Take-home pay in Washington runs from $33,765 on $40,000 to $111,710 on $150,000.

For a single employee, paid every two weeks. At $100,000 the year's take-home is $77,793. For the neighbor to the south, see the Oregon paycheck calculator.

Take-home pay in Washington for a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions.
Salary	Federal tax	Social Security and Medicare	Take-home a year	Every two weeks
$40,000	$2,620	$3,060	$33,765	$1,298.66
$50,000	$3,820	$3,825	$41,662	$1,602.38
$60,000	$5,020	$4,590	$49,558	$1,906.06
$75,000	$7,670	$5,738	$60,552	$2,328.93
$100,000	$13,170	$7,650	$77,793	$2,992.03
$150,000	$24,734	$11,475	$111,710	$4,296.55

Methodology & sources

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Frequently asked questions

Does Washington have a state income tax?: Not on wages today. The Department of Revenue says Washington does not currently have an individual income tax. The 2026 Legislature passed Senate Bill 6346, which adds a 9.9% income tax from January 1, 2028 on the adjusted gross income of individuals and joint filers above $1 million, with the first returns due in 2029. It changes nothing in a 2026 paycheck, and nothing is withheld for the state from wages.
How much is $60,000 a year after tax in Washington?: For a single employee on a standard Form W-4 who is paid every two weeks, a $60,000 salary takes home $1,906.06 a paycheck, or $49,557.62 a year. The year's deductions are $5,020.08 of federal income tax, $3,720.08 of Social Security, $869.96 of Medicare, $484.38 for Paid Family and Medical Leave and $347.88 for WA Cares.
How much is $20 an hour after tax in Washington?: At 40 hours a week and weekly pay, $20 an hour is $800.00 gross and $673.62 take-home a week for a single employee. That is $54.08 of federal income tax, $49.60 of Social Security, $11.60 of Medicare and $11.10 of Washington premiums. Switch to hourly in the calculator to type your own hours, including overtime.
What are the Paid Leave and WA Cares premiums on a Washington paycheck?: Paid Family and Medical Leave is 1.13% of gross wages up to the 2026 Social Security cap of $184,500, and the employee pays 71.43% of it, about 0.81% of pay. WA Cares, the state's long-term care benefit, is 0.58% of every dollar of gross wages with no cap, all paid by the employee. On a $60,000 salary that is $18.63 and $13.38 a paycheck. Employers can also choose to pay some or all of the employee share themselves.
Who can be exempt from the WA Cares premium?: An employee can apply to the Employment Security Department for an exemption if they live outside Washington, are an active-duty service member with an off-duty civilian job, are the spouse or registered domestic partner of an active-duty service member, or are a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 70% or more. A worker on a non-immigrant work visa has been exempt automatically since January 1, 2026 and can ask the employer in writing to keep contributing. The employer stops the premium only once it has the approval letter. Workers who hold a private long-term care insurance exemption can cancel it between January 1, 2026 and June 30, 2028 and join the program.
Does a small employer pay part of the Paid Leave premium?: Only an employer with 50 or more employees pays its share, up to 28.57% of the premium. A business with fewer than 50 employees does not owe the employer portion, but it still has to collect the employees' premiums from their pay or pay them on the employees' behalf. For the $60,000 example the employer share is $193.70 a year, and it is in the employer block of this page.
When does overtime start in Washington, and what is the minimum wage?: Overtime is time and one-half the regular rate for most employees after 40 hours in a 7-day workweek. Washington does not require overtime after 8 hours in a day, except on certain public works projects, and an employee cannot waive the right to it. The 2026 minimum wage is $17.13 an hour, and it rises to $17.73 on January 1, 2027. Some cities set higher rates.
What does a 401(k) do to my Washington paycheck?: It lowers federal income tax withholding and nothing else. Putting 6% of a $60,000 salary into a 401(k) is $138.46 a paycheck, and take-home pay falls by only $121.84 because federal withholding drops by $16.62. The Paid Leave and WA Cares premiums are figured on gross wages, so they stay the same.
Who pays unemployment tax in Washington, and how much is it?: The employer does, and nothing comes out of your paycheck for it. In 2026 the taxable wage base is $78,200 per worker, the highest of any state in the Labor Department's January 2026 chart. A new employer pays 115% of the average rate of its industry, with a federal minimum of 1%. This page uses the state's own 2025 average rate of 1.33% as a stand-in, which is $798 on a $60,000 salary. Washington is not on the Labor Department's list of states with a 2026 federal credit reduction.

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