Georgia Paycheck Calculator 2026

A Georgia paycheck loses ground in four places before it reaches your bank account. The federal government takes income tax based on your W-4 and the IRS brackets, plus Social Security at 6.2% of wages up to the $184,500 wage base and Medicare at 1.45% with no cap. Georgia then applies its own income tax, which since the state moved to a single-rate system is a flat 5.19% on taxable income rather than a graduated schedule.

Because the state rate is flat, it does not climb as you earn more, so the Georgia slice of withholding stays proportional across pay periods. Pre-tax items change the math: 401(k) contributions up to the $24,500 deferral limit, plus health premiums and HSA money, lower the wages that both federal and state tax apply to. Georgia runs no state disability insurance and no paid-family-leave payroll tax, so you will not see those deductions that workers in some other states do.

On a $60,000 salary, Georgia's flat 5.19% income tax costs up to roughly $3,114 a year before deductions — on top of $4,590 in federal FICA, which is the same in every state. 21 of the 42 states that tax income charge less than Georgia at the top rate.

The state minimum wage is $5.15/hr , matching the federal floor of $7.25 — about $10,712 a year at 40 hours a week. There is no state disability or paid-family-leave deduction, so nothing beyond income tax and FICA comes out at the state level.