Connecticut paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 27, 2026
Connecticut taxes wages at 2% to 6.99%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Connecticut comes to about $1,824 a paycheck, after $102 of Connecticut income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$1,965per 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 |
| Connecticut income tax | −$115 | −$2,985 |
| CT Paid Leave | −$13 | −$325 |
| Take-home | $1,965 | $51,097 |
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 Connecticut taxes a paycheck
- Connecticut's 2026 withholding rules start at 2% and 4.5% on the first brackets, then 5.5%, 6%, 6.5%, 6.9% and 6.99%; a married couple's and head of household's brackets start higher.
- Connecticut's withholding rules take a personal exemption (up to $12,000 for a single filer, $19,000 for head of household and $24,000 for a married couple filing jointly, shrinking $1,000 for every $1,000 of pay over $24,000, $38,000 or $48,000), then add a 2% rate phase-out add-back of up to $250 (single), $400 (head of household) or $500 (joint) as pay passes about $50,000, $78,500 or $100,500, and a tax recapture of up to $3,400, $5,320 or $6,800 at the top, and finally take a personal tax credit of 10% to 75% of the tax that fades out between about $12,000 and $100,500 of pay (TPG-211, tables A to E).
- The calculator draws all of these as straight lines through the tables' steps. Between roughly $36,000 and $350,000 for a single filer, $45,000 and $320,000 for a head of household, and $45,000 and $400,000 for a married couple it lands within about $45 of the tables (usually within $25). Below those incomes it can be off by up to about $45, and above them it is off by up to about $70 (head of household) or $90 (joint) where the recapture climbs in steps of $140 to $180.
- CT Paid Leave takes 0.5% of wages from employees, up to the Social Security wage limit, and the board kept the rate at 0.5% for 2026.
Connecticut has 7 tax brackets, from 2% up to 6.99%. There is no standard deduction. A single filer gets a personal exemption of $11,500. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Connecticut taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 2% | $0 to $10,000 |
| 4.5% | $10,000 to $50,000 |
| 5.5% | $50,000 to $100,000 |
| 6% | $100,000 to $200,000 |
| 6.5% | $200,000 to $250,000 |
| 6.9% | $250,000 to $500,000 |
| 6.99% | $500,000 and up |
| Rate | Taxable income, married filing jointly |
|---|---|
| 2% | $0 to $20,000 |
| 4.5% | $20,000 to $100,000 |
| 5.5% | $100,000 to $200,000 |
| 6% | $200,000 to $400,000 |
| 6.5% | $400,000 to $500,000 |
| 6.9% | $500,000 to $1,000,000 |
| 6.99% | $1,000,000 and up |
What else comes out of a Connecticut paycheck
- CT Paid Leave: 0.5% of wages, on the first $184,500.
CT Paid Leave takes 0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage limit. The board kept the rate at 0.5% for 2026.
How often Connecticut employers pay
The Connecticut Department of Labor says each employer pays weekly, on a regular payday set in advance. The Labor Commissioner can, on application, let an employer set paydays less often than weekly.
More about Connecticut pay
Connecticut's 2026 withholding starts at 2% and 4.5% on the first brackets, then 5.5%, 6%, 6.5%, 6.9% and 6.99%. A personal exemption of up to $12,000 for a single filer shrinks as pay rises.
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 |
| Connecticut income tax | $102 | $2,661 |
| CT Paid Leave | $12 | $300 |
| Take-home | $1,824 | $47,429 |
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Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Connecticut?
About $47,429 a year, or $1,824 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 Connecticut income tax $2,661, plus $300 for CT Paid Leave.
Does Connecticut have a state income tax?
Yes. Connecticut taxes wages at 2% to 6.99%.
Does a 401(k) lower Connecticut income tax?
Yes. Connecticut 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 Connecticut tax by about $234.
What is the CT Paid Leave deduction?
A 0.5% payroll contribution, taken from your wages up to the Social Security wage limit, that funds the state's paid leave.
Why does Connecticut withholding feel complicated?
The state's withholding rules give a personal exemption of up to $12,000 for a single filer that shrinks as pay rises, so the effective rate climbs in steps.
Sources
9 sources · read October 27, 2026
Every number on this page comes from portal.ct.gov, ctpaidleave.org and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Connecticut Department of Revenue Services: TPG-211, 2026 Withholding Calculation Rulesportal.ct.gov
- 2CT Paid Leave Authority: Contributionsctpaidleave.org
- 3Connecticut Department of Labor: Wage and Hourportal.ct.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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