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Maine paycheck calculator for 2026

Type your pay before tax and how often it lands. See what federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maine take, and what's left, per paycheck and for the year.

Checked October 27, 2026

Maine taxes wages at 5.8% to 7.15%. On $60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks, take-home in Maine comes to about $1,835 a paycheck, after $91 of Maine income tax. The calculator below works it out for your pay.

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Take-home pay

$1,976per 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
Maine income tax	−$104	−$2,710
Paid Family and Medical Leave	−$13	−$325
Take-home	$1,976	$51,373

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 Maine taxes a paycheck

Maine has three rates: 5.8%, 6.75% and 7.15%. For a single filer they start at $0, $27,400 and $64,850. Maine adjusted the bracket amounts for inflation in 2026.
The 2026 standard deduction is $15,700 for a single filer, $23,550 for a head of household and $31,400 for a married couple filing jointly. It shrinks in a straight line, losing 20.9 cents for every dollar of Maine income over $102,250 for a single filer, $153,400 for a head of household and $204,550 for joint filers, and is gone $75,000, $112,500 or $150,000 above those. The calculator applies that.
The personal exemption is $5,300 per person, so $10,600 for a married couple filing jointly. It phases out in a straight line over $125,000 of income above $341,000 for a single filer, $375,050 for a head of household and $409,150 for joint filers, which the calculator applies.
New for 2026, Maine adds a 2% surcharge on taxable income over $1,000,000 for a single filer and $1,500,000 for a married couple filing jointly or a head of household. The calculator does not include it.
Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave program started collecting contributions in 2025, with benefits beginning May 1, 2026. The combined rate for 2025 to 2027 is 0.5% or 1% of wages depending on the employer's size, and no more than 0.5% can come from the employee, on wages up to the Social Security wage base. Some employers pay the employee share themselves.

Maine has 3 tax brackets, from 5.8% up to 7.15%. A single filer gets a standard deduction of $15,700 and a personal exemption of $5,300. Traditional 401(k) contributions come out of Maine taxable pay.

Rate	Taxable income, single
5.8%	$0 to $27,400
6.75%	$27,400 to $64,850
7.15%	$64,850 and up

Source: Maine Revenue Services: 2026 Individual Income Tax Rates (revised May 20, 2026).

Rate	Taxable income, married filing jointly
5.8%	$0 to $54,850
6.75%	$54,850 to $129,750
7.15%	$129,750 and up

What else comes out of a Maine paycheck

Paid Family and Medical Leave: 0.5% of wages, on the first $184,500.

Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave program started collecting in 2025, and benefits began May 1, 2026. The combined rate for 2025 to 2027 is 0.5% or 1% of wages depending on the employer's size, and no more than 0.5% can come from the worker. Some employers pay the worker's share themselves.

How often Maine employers pay

Maine law (26 M.R.S. 621-A) says that at regular intervals not to exceed 16 days, every employer must pay in full all wages earned by each employee. That fits weekly, every two weeks and twice a month.

More about Maine pay

New for 2026, Maine adds a 2% surcharge on taxable income over $1,000,000 for a single filer and $1,500,000 for a married couple filing jointly.

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
Maine income tax	$91	$2,372
Paid Family and Medical Leave	$12	$300
Take-home	$1,835	$47,718

Other states

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Questions people ask

How much is $60,000 a year after taxes in Maine?

About $47,718 a year, or $1,835 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 Maine income tax $2,372, plus $300 for Paid Family and Medical Leave.

Does Maine have a state income tax?

Yes. Maine taxes wages at 5.8% to 7.15%.

Does a 401(k) lower Maine income tax?

Yes. Maine 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 Maine tax by about $243.

What is the Maine PFML deduction?

It is a payroll contribution for the state's paid leave program. The worker's share is at most 0.5% of wages, up to the Social Security wage base, and some employers pay it for you.

How often do Maine employers have to pay?

At regular intervals of no more than 16 days.

Sources

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Every number on this page comes from maine.gov, legislature.maine.gov and irs.gov. If a source has changed since, the source is right.

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