2026 Arizona withholding
Arizona hourly paycheck calculator
Your rate and your hours in, one paycheck out. Arizona taxes wages at a flat 2.5%, and you choose your own withholding percentage.
That is $1,600.00 of gross pay per paycheck, $41,600.00 a year. Overtime, shift differentials and unpaid weeks are not modelled — enter the hours you are actually paid for.
Take-home pay
per paycheck · $34,565.70 a year
- Gross pay
- $1,600.00
- Federal income tax
- −$108.15
- Social Security
- −$99.20
- Medicare
- −$23.20
- State income tax
- −$40.00
- Total withheld
- $270.55
16.9% of gross goes to taxes. 2026 rates. Estimate only — your employer's payroll may differ.
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At 40 hours a week
What each rate actually pays in Arizona
| An hour | A year, before tax | Take-home a year | Every 2 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | $31,200 | $26,469 | $1,018 |
| $18 | $37,440 | $31,327 | $1,205 |
| $20 | $41,600 | $34,566 | $1,329 |
| $22 | $45,760 | $37,804 | $1,454 |
| $25 | $52,000 | $42,662 | $1,641 |
| $30 | $62,400 | $50,759 | $1,952 |
| $35 | $72,800 | $58,225 | $2,239 |
40 hours a week, 52 weeks, filing single, paid every two weeks, no pre-tax deductions and no dependents. 2026 rates. Overtime, tips and unpaid weeks are not modelled.
What comes out
What an hour's pay loses in Arizona
- Arizona is unusual: withholding is not calculated from allowances, it is a percentage of gross taxable wages that you elect yourself on Form A-4.
- If a new employee does not file Form A-4 within five days of hire, the employer must withhold at 2.0% until an election is made. That is a withholding default, not the tax rate — under-withholding at 2.0% simply moves the bill to filing time.
- The Arizona tax rate itself is a flat 2.5%. This calculator applies 2.5% so the figure reflects tax owed rather than an election; change your A-4 if your withholding is set lower.
- “Gross taxable wages” follows the federal definition of wages, so pre-tax deductions that reduce federal wages reduce the Arizona base too.
- Federal income tax and FICA still come out of every paycheck — see the breakdown above.
Common questions
Hourly pay in Arizona
How much is $20 an hour after taxes in Arizona?
At 40 hours a week, $20 an hour is $41,600 a year before tax. Filing single with no pre-tax deductions, roughly $34,566 of that is take-home pay in Arizona — about $1,329 in each biweekly paycheck. Your own figure moves with your W-4, your benefits and the hours you actually work.
Is hourly pay taxed differently from a salary in Arizona?
No. Withholding is worked out from what you are paid in the period, not from how the job describes the pay. An hourly worker and a salaried worker who take home the same gross in the same period have the same federal tax, the same FICA and the same state withholding. The difference is that hourly pay varies week to week, so the withheld amount varies with it.
Does this include overtime?
No. Enter the hours you are actually paid for and the calculator uses that. Overtime, shift differentials, tips and bonuses are paid under their own rules — a bonus in particular is often withheld at a flat supplemental rate rather than through the normal tables, which is why it lands smaller than people expect.
What if my hours change every week?
Withholding is calculated fresh each payroll run, so a heavy week is withheld as though every week were that heavy, and a light week the other way. Over a year it roughly averages out, and the difference is settled on your tax return. Enter a typical week to see a typical paycheck.
Sources for these rates
- Arizona Form A-4 (2026), Withholding Percentage Election
- Arizona DOR — Withholding Calculations
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026) — federal percentage method
- IRS Publication 15 (2026) — Social Security and Medicare
Tax year 2026. Rates last checked 2026-08-20. Estimates only — not tax, payroll or legal advice.
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