Alabama paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 22, 2026
Alabama taxes wages at 2% to 5%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Alabama comes to about $1,842 a paycheck, after $97 of Alabama income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$1,988per paycheck
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,500 | $65,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$216 | −$5,620 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$155 | −$4,030 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$36 | −$943 |
| Alabama income tax | −$105 | −$2,729 |
| Take-home | $1,988 | $51,679 |
An estimate for 2026: the year's income tax spread evenly over your paychecks, using the standard deduction. Your employer uses the IRS withholding tables and your W-4, so a real paycheck can be a little different. Credits (like the child tax credit), other income and local taxes aren't included.
How Alabama taxes a paycheck
- Alabama taxes income at 2% on the first $500, 4% on the next $2,500 and 5% above $3,000 for a single filer or head of household; a married couple filing jointly gets 2% on the first $1,000, 4% on the next $5,000 and 5% above $6,000.
- Alabama's withholding formula takes the employee's federal income tax off before applying the rates, so the calculator subtracts the federal tax it works out.
- The standard deduction is $3,000 for a single filer with income up to $25,999 and falls $25 for each $500 above that, to $2,500 at $35,500 and above. For a married couple it falls from $8,500 to $5,000 ($175 per $500), and for a head of family from $5,200 to $2,500 ($135 per $500). The calculator slides it in a straight line, within one step ($25, $175 or $135) of the booklet's table, which changes the tax by under $10.
- The personal exemption is $1,500 for a single or separate filer and $3,000 for a married couple filing jointly or head of household. The calculator adds the part of the standard deduction that stays to the exemption, since both come off income the same way.
- Contributions to a 401(k), 403(b), 457 plan and cafeteria plan are left out of Alabama wages.
Alabama has 3 tax brackets, from 2% up to 5%. A single filer gets a standard deduction of $500 and a personal exemption of $4,000. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Alabama taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 2% | $0 to $500 |
| 4% | $500 to $3,000 |
| 5% | $3,000 and up |
| Rate | Taxable income, married filing jointly |
|---|---|
| 2% | $0 to $1,000 |
| 4% | $1,000 to $6,000 |
| 5% | $6,000 and up |
A worked example
$60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks (26 paychecks of $2,307.69), with nothing taken out before tax:
| Line | Per paycheck | A year |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $2,308 | $60,000 |
| Federal income tax | $193 | $5,020 |
| Social Security | $143 | $3,720 |
| Medicare | $33 | $870 |
| Alabama income tax | $97 | $2,509 |
| Take-home | $1,842 | $47,881 |
Other states
50 other states are in the paycheck tax calculator.
Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Alabama?
About $47,881 a year, or $1,842 a paycheck paid every two weeks, for a single filer with no 401(k) or health insurance through work. Federal income tax is $5,020, Social Security $3,720, Medicare $870, and Alabama income tax $2,509.
Does Alabama have a state income tax?
Yes. Alabama taxes wages at 2% to 5%.
Does a 401(k) lower Alabama income tax?
Yes. Alabama leaves traditional 401(k) contributions out of taxable wages, like the federal tax does. Putting $3,600 a year in (6% of $60,000) lowers Alabama tax by about $158.
Sources
7 sources · read October 22, 2026
Every number on this page comes from revenue.alabama.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Alabama Department of Revenue: Withholding Tax Tables and Instructions (January 2026)revenue.alabama.gov
- 2IRS: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 tax brackets and standard deduction)irs.gov
- 3IRS: Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates (2026 wage base $184,500)irs.gov
- 4IRS: Topic 560, Additional Medicare Taxirs.gov
- 5IRS: Topic 424, 401(k) plans (deferrals still owe Social Security and Medicare)irs.gov
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