2026 Georgia withholding
Georgia hourly paycheck calculator
Your rate and your hours in, one paycheck out. Georgia taxes wages at a flat 4.99% after the state standard deduction.
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 · $34,278.40 a year
- Gross pay
- $1,600.00
- Federal income tax
- −$108.15
- Social Security
- −$99.20
- Medicare
- −$23.20
- State income tax
- −$51.05
- Total withheld
- $281.60
17.6% 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 Georgia
| An hour | A year, before tax | Take-home a year | Every 2 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15 | $31,200 | $26,441 | $1,017 |
| $18 | $37,440 | $31,143 | $1,198 |
| $20 | $41,600 | $34,278 | $1,318 |
| $22 | $45,760 | $37,413 | $1,439 |
| $25 | $52,000 | $42,116 | $1,620 |
| $30 | $62,400 | $49,953 | $1,921 |
| $35 | $72,800 | $57,161 | $2,198 |
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 Georgia
- Georgia is no longer a bracket state. H.B. 463 cut the rate from 5.19% to 4.99% for 2026, and the law sets out further annual cuts of 0.125% down to a floor of 3.99% if the state hits its revenue targets.
- Withholding at the new 4.99% rate took effect 1 July 2026 — part-year 2026 paychecks were withheld at the old rate, so a mid-year comparison of two payslips will not match.
- The state standard deduction is $15,000 for single, head of household and married filing separately, and $30,000 for married filing jointly. This calculator applies it before the rate.
- Each dependent claimed on Form G-4 shelters a further $5,000, raised from $4,000. This calculator assumes zero dependents.
- Federal income tax and FICA still come out of every paycheck — see the breakdown above.
Common questions
Hourly pay in Georgia
How much is $20 an hour after taxes in Georgia?
At 40 hours a week, $20 an hour is $41,600 a year before tax. Filing single with no pre-tax deductions, roughly $34,278 of that is take-home pay in Georgia — about $1,318 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 Georgia?
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
- Georgia Employer's Withholding Tax Guide (2026, revised June 2026)
- Georgia DOR — Important Tax Updates
- 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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