Utah Paycheck Calculator
In Utah for 2026, a $75,000 salary takes home about $58,971 per year after federal income tax and FICA (Social Security and Medicare), and Utah state income tax.
Based on a $75,000 salary in Utah, single filer, paid every 2 weeks
$2,268.13
take-home per 2 weeks · $58,971/yr
Bracket by bracket: the federal tax inside your Utah paycheck
| 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 Colorado, Nevada or Arizona
Your pay in Utah: which 2026 breaks are yours to claim?
Tick what is true for you and these Utah notes narrow to your situation.
Tips: federally deductible, but Utah still taxes tips in full. Work out the tip deduction
Overtime: federally deductible, but Utah still taxes overtime premium pay in full. Work out the overtime deduction
Bonuses: Utah sets no supplemental rate of its own, so a bonus goes through the normal Utah withholding tables. Estimate the tax on a bonus in Utah
Turning 65: the $6,000 federal senior deduction comes off your federal return; Utah still applies its flat 4.45% to the same wages. Check the senior deduction
Use this free Utah (UT) paycheck, payroll and income tax calculator to estimate your 2026 take-home pay after federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and Utah's flat 4.45% state income tax.
Enter your own pay in the calculator to estimate your Utah take-home pay for any salary or hourly wage.
How Utah's flat 4.45% income tax hits your 2026 paycheck
Utah levies a flat 4.45% 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 Utah take-home pay.
For 2026, Utah's state standard deduction is $16,100 for single filers and $32,200 for married couples filing jointly; after that, all remaining taxable income is taxed at the single flat rate of 4.45% — Utah does not use graduated brackets for 2026. As a worked example, a single filer earning $60,000 pays about $1,954 in Utah income tax (roughly 3.3% of gross) before federal tax and FICA.
What this estimate doesn't include: Utah's nonrefundable Taxpayer Tax Credit (which phases out with income) is not modeled, so this estimate may overstate tax for lower incomes. Base approximated as wages minus the federal standard deduction. 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: Utah's 4.45% flat tax (2026)
Utah applies a single flat rate to taxable wages for 2026.
| Filing | Rate |
|---|---|
| All taxable income | 4.45% |
Beyond the paycheck: Utah's 6.1% sales tax and property tax
| Sales tax | 6.1% (≈7.19% with local) |
| Property tax | ≈0.48% — Among the lowest effective property-tax rates in the nation. |
One Utah payroll quirk worth knowing
- Despite a flat 4.45% income tax, Utah's $7.25 minimum wage sits well below its high $95K+ median household income — the gap reflects a low-property-tax (0.48%), high-earnings economy where the state minimum has not moved since 2009.
No city or county income tax anywhere in Utah
No Utah city or county levies a local income tax. Wage income is taxed only at the flat state rate (4.45% effective for tax year 2026).
Is overtime and tips tax-free in Utah? Federally yes, but Utah still taxes both
Qualified overtime premium pay and tips are federally deductible for 2025–2028 (OBBBA caps & rules); FICA still applies.
Utah state income tax: Utah does not allow these federal deductions to reduce your Utah state tax. (source: tax.utah.gov)
- Overtime: 2025 — not deductible on your Utah return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — not deductible on your Utah return (still state-taxed).
- Tips: 2025 — not deductible on your Utah return (still state-taxed); 2026–2028 — not deductible on your Utah return (still state-taxed).
Related: tips by state · overtime by state · overtime calculator · tips calculator.
Your paycheck vs the $95,166 Utah median
| Median household income (2024 (ACS 1-year, inflation-adjusted dollars)) | $95,166 |
| Take-home (single filer) | ≈$72,261 |
Utah stays on the federal $7.25 minimum wage in 2026
$7.25/hour (≈$15,080/year full-time). Tied to the federal floor; unchanged since 2009. State law preempts local minimum-wage ordinances, so the rate is uniform statewide.
Utah paycheck FAQ
Does Utah have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes — a flat 4.45% on taxable wages in 2026, on top of federal tax and FICA.
What is unusual about how Utah handles payroll taxes?
Utah cut its flat income-tax rate for the sixth consecutive year — SB 60 (2026 session) lowered it from 4.50% to 4.45%, down from 5.00% in 2018 — making it one of the most consistently falling state withholding rates in the country.
Compare a paycheck next door: Colorado, Nevada & Arizona
| State | State income tax (2026) | Take-home on $75,000 (single) |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | flat 4.45% | $58,971 |
| Colorado | flat 4.4% | $58,671 |
| Nevada | no state income tax | $61,593 |
| Arizona | flat 2.5% | $60,111 |
| Idaho | two brackets, 0%–5.3% | $58,726 |
Those are the states next door. To see where Utah 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