Georgia Paycheck Calculator
A $75,000 salary in Georgia nets roughly $58,599 a year in 2026, once federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare and Georgia state tax are withheld.
Based on a $75,000 salary in Georgia, single filer, paid every 2 weeks
$2,253.79
take-home per 2 weeks · $58,599/yr
How your federal tax is calculated on a paycheck in Georgia, bracket by bracket
| Bracket | Income taxed here | Tax |
|---|---|---|
| 10% ($0 – $12,400) | $12,400 | $1,240 |
| 12% ($12,400 – $50,400) | $38,000 | $4,560 |
| 22% ($50,400 – $105,700) | $8,500 | $1,870 |
Taxable income $58,900 after the $16,100 standard deduction. Your federal marginal rate is 22%, the federal tax on your next dollar earned.
Compare your take-home pay with Florida, South Carolina or Tennessee
Which 2026 rules apply to your Georgia paycheck?
Choose anything that matches how you are paid in Georgia and the list trims itself.
Tips: federally deductible, with a smaller capped Georgia break on top. Work out the tip deduction
Overtime: federally deductible, with a smaller capped Georgia break on top. Work out the overtime deduction
Bonuses: Georgia sets no supplemental rate of its own, so a bonus goes through the normal Georgia withholding tables. Estimate the tax on a bonus in Georgia
Turning 65: the $6,000 federal senior deduction comes off your federal return; Georgia still applies its flat 4.99% to the same wages. Check the senior deduction
Use this free Georgia (GA) paycheck, payroll and income tax calculator to estimate your 2026 take-home pay after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and Georgia's flat 4.99% state income tax.
Adjust the calculator inputs to see the breakdown for your own Georgia paycheck.
How Georgia's flat 4.99% income tax hits your 2026 paycheck
Georgia levies a flat 4.99% state income tax for 2026, applied after the state allowance/deduction for your filing status. This calculator applies that on top of federal withholding and Social Security / Medicare to estimate your Georgia take-home pay.
For 2026, Georgia's state standard deduction is $15,000 for single filers and $30,000 for married couples filing jointly; after that, all remaining taxable income is taxed at the single flat rate of 4.99% — Georgia does not use graduated brackets for 2026. As a worked example, a single filer earning $60,000 pays about $2,246 in Georgia income tax (roughly 3.7% of gross) before federal tax and FICA.
What this estimate doesn't include: Georgia's $4,000-per-dependent exemption is not modeled. City, county or school-district income taxes where they apply, court-ordered deductions, union dues, and anything else your specific employer withholds are not in this figure; your pay stub is the authority on those.
Estimates only, not tax advice. The section "What this estimate doesn't include" above lists what's left out; see also our terms and the corrections log.
One rate on every taxable dollar: Georgia's 4.99% flat tax (2026)
Georgia applies a single flat rate to taxable wages for 2026.
| Filing | Rate |
|---|---|
| All taxable income | 4.99% |
Your paycheck vs the $77,353 Georgia median
| Median household income (2024 (ACS, in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars)) | $77,353 |
| Take-home (single filer) | ≈$60,136 |
One Georgia payroll quirk worth knowing
- Georgia levies no statewide payroll insurance tax and no local income tax, so a worker's only income-tax withholding is the single state flat rate — but the state's notoriously low $5.15 statutory minimum is overridden by federal $7.25 for nearly all employees.
Beyond the paycheck: Georgia's 4% sales tax and property tax
| Sales tax | 4% (≈7.4% with local) |
| Property tax | ≈0.79% — 0.79% effective rate on owner-occupied housing — slightly below the national average, mid-range nationally. |
Is overtime and tips tax-free in Georgia? Federally yes; Georgia allows a smaller capped break
Federal law lets you deduct qualified tips and overtime premium pay from 2025 through 2028 (OBBBA caps & rules), though Social Security and Medicare are still withheld.
Georgia state income tax: Georgia decouples from the full federal deductions. For tax years 2026 through 2028 it offers a smaller capped state exclusion instead (HB 463, signed May 11, 2026: up to $1,750 of qualified overtime and $1,750 of cash tips), not the full federal amount. (source: gov.georgia.gov)
- Overtime: 2025 — not deductible on your Georgia return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — a smaller capped Georgia break.
- Tips: 2025 — not deductible on your Georgia return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — a smaller capped Georgia break.
Related: overtime by state · tips by state · tips calculator · overtime calculator.
Georgia stays on the federal $7.25 minimum wage in 2026
$7.25/hour (≈$15,080/year full-time). Georgia's statutory state minimum wage is $5.15/hr, but FLSA-covered employers must pay the federal $7.25/hr, which applies to the vast majority of workers.
No city or county income tax anywhere in Georgia
Georgia does not permit municipalities or counties to levy an income tax on wages; only the state flat individual income tax applies. Local jurisdictions raise revenue via sales and property taxes instead.
Georgia paycheck FAQ
What is unusual about how Georgia handles payroll taxes?
Georgia's flat income tax was cut to 4.99% retroactive to Jan 1, 2026 under HB 463 (signed by Gov. Kemp May 11, 2026), accelerating a phase-down plan that targets a 3.99% flat rate via annual 0.10-point reductions.
Does Georgia have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes — a flat 4.99% on taxable wages in 2026, on top of federal tax and FICA.
Compare a paycheck next door: Florida, South Carolina & Tennessee
| State | State income tax (2026) | Take-home on $75,000 (single) |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | flat 4.99% | $58,599 |
| Florida | no state income tax | $61,593 |
| South Carolina | two brackets, 1.99%–5.21% | $58,935 |
| Tennessee | no state income tax | $61,593 |
| Alabama | three brackets, 2%–5% | $58,033 |
Those are the states next door. To see where Georgia lands against all of them at once, our take-home pay by state study runs an identical salary at two levels, $75,000 and $100,000, through the 2026 rules of every state and DC, except Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Idaho and Vermont, still on their 2025 tables, ranked from the most take-home pay to the least.
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Data compiled and maintained by Edmond Daher · Updated 2026-06-16