Arkansas paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 27, 2026
Arkansas taxes wages at 0% to 3.7%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Arkansas comes to about $1,871 a paycheck, after $67 of Arkansas income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$2,019per 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 |
| Arkansas income tax | −$74 | −$1,917 |
| Take-home | $2,019 | $52,490 |
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 Arkansas taxes a paycheck
- Arkansas figures here come from the Department of Finance and Administration's 2026 withholding formula, effective January 1, 2026: a standard deduction of $2,470, then rates that step up from 0% through 2%, 3% and 3.4% to 3.7%.
- Each person gets a $29 personal tax credit; a married couple filing jointly gets two and a $4,940 standard deduction.
- Between about $97,200 and $100,100 of pay (for a single filer) the formula's fixed subtraction shrinks from $367.16 to $79.90, 10 cents for every dollar, so the lower brackets stop saving tax and the tax ends up $287.26 higher. The calculator takes that back through a credit that falls below zero over the same range.
- Arkansas's 2025 return instructions say the top rate was 3.9% for 2025.
Arkansas has 5 tax brackets, from 0% up to 3.7%. A single filer gets a standard deduction of $2,470. There is also a credit of $29 off the tax. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Arkansas taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 0% | $0 to $5,600 |
| 2% | $5,600 to $11,200 |
| 3% | $11,200 to $16,000 |
| 3.4% | $16,000 to $26,400 |
| 3.7% | $26,400 and up |
What else comes out of a Arkansas paycheck
Beyond federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas income tax, the calculator takes nothing else out of a Arkansas paycheck, other than what you choose, like a 401(k) or health insurance.
How often Arkansas employers pay
Arkansas Code 11-4-401 says corporations doing business in the state pay their employees semimonthly. A corporation with $500,000 or more in annual gross income can pay its exempt management and executive employees who earn over $25,000 a year once a month.
More about Arkansas pay
Arkansas withholds at rates that step up through 2%, 3% and 3.4% to 3.7% in 2026, and the 2025 return instructions put the top rate at 3.9% for 2025.
Each person gets a $29 personal tax credit, and the standard deduction is $2,470.
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 |
| Arkansas income tax | $67 | $1,732 |
| Take-home | $1,871 | $48,658 |
Other states
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Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Arkansas?
About $48,658 a year, or $1,871 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 Arkansas income tax $1,732.
Does Arkansas have a state income tax?
Yes. Arkansas taxes wages at 0% to 3.7%.
Does a 401(k) lower Arkansas income tax?
Yes. Arkansas 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 Arkansas tax by about $133.
Is Arkansas income tax rate going down?
Yes. The top rate was 3.9% on the 2025 return, and the Department of Finance and Administration's 2026 withholding formula tops out at 3.7%.
How often do Arkansas employers pay?
Corporations pay twice a month under state law. A larger corporation can pay its exempt managers and executives once a month.
Sources
9 sources · read October 27, 2026
Every number on this page comes from dfa.arkansas.gov, labor.arkansas.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration: Withholding Tax Formula Method (effective 01/01/2026)dfa.arkansas.gov
- 2Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration: 2025 AR1000F Instructionsdfa.arkansas.gov
- 3Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing: wage and hour statuteslabor.arkansas.gov
- 4IRS: Rev. Proc. 2025-32 (2026 tax brackets and standard deduction)irs.gov
- 5IRS: Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates (2026 wage base $184,500)irs.gov
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