Indiana paycheck calculator for 2026
Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Indiana take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.
Checked October 27, 2026
Indiana taxes wages at a flat 2.95%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Indiana comes to about $1,871 a paycheck, after $67 of Indiana income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.
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Take-home pay
$2,020per 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 |
| Indiana income tax | −$73 | −$1,888 |
| Take-home | $2,020 | $52,520 |
Every Indiana county charges its own income tax on residents (and on people who work in an Indiana county but live out of state), set by the county where you live or work on January 1. Rates in the Department of Revenue's October 2026 notice run from 0.5% to 3.0%. County tax is not included in the calculator.
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 Indiana taxes a paycheck
- Indiana's state income tax rate is a flat 2.95% for 2026.
- There is no standard deduction. Each person takes a $1,000 personal exemption, and a married couple filing jointly takes two. Dependents add $1,500 each, which the calculator leaves out.
- County income tax comes on top of the state tax, and the county rate depends on where you lived or worked on January 1 of the tax year.
Indiana has a flat income tax of 2.95%. There is no standard deduction. A single filer gets a personal exemption of $1,000. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Indiana taxable pay.
| Rate | Taxable income, single |
|---|---|
| 2.95% | $0 and up |
Local income tax in Indiana
Every Indiana county charges its own income tax on residents (and on people who work in an Indiana county but live out of state), set by the county where you live or work on January 1. Rates in the Department of Revenue's October 2026 notice run from 0.5% to 3.0%. County tax is not included in the calculator.
More about Indiana pay
Indiana's flat rate is 2.95% for 2026. There is no standard deduction. Each person takes a $1,000 personal exemption, and each dependent adds $1,500.
County tax is set by where you lived or worked on January 1. In the Department of Revenue's October 2026 notice, county rates run from 0.5% to 3.0%. The top county rate is a little over the state's own 2.95%.
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 |
| Indiana income tax | $67 | $1,741 |
| Take-home | $1,871 | $48,650 |
Other states
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Questions people ask
How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Indiana?
About $48,650 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 Indiana income tax $1,741.
Does Indiana have a state income tax?
Yes. Indiana taxes wages at a flat 2.95%.
Does a 401(k) lower Indiana income tax?
Yes. Indiana 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 Indiana tax by about $106.
Is there local income tax in Indiana?
Every Indiana county charges its own income tax on residents (and on people who work in an Indiana county but live out of state), set by the county where you live or work on January 1. Rates in the Department of Revenue's October 2026 notice run from 0.5% to 3.0%. County tax is not included in the calculator.
Why is my Indiana take-home lower than the calculator says?
Indiana counties charge their own income tax, from 0.5% to 3.0% in the Department of Revenue's October 2026 notice. The calculator leaves county tax out, so subtract your county's rate times your pay.
Which county do I owe Indiana county tax to?
The county where you lived on January 1 of the tax year. If you lived outside Indiana, it is the county where you worked on that day.
Sources
9 sources · read October 27, 2026
Every number on this page comes from in.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.
- 1Indiana Department of Revenue: Departmental Notice #1, effective Oct. 1, 2026 (state rate, exemptions, county rates)in.gov
- 2Indiana Department of Revenue: Tax Typesin.gov
- 3Indiana Department of Revenue: Individual Income County Tax Rates by Yearin.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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