How Georgia taxes your paycheck
Georgia keeps it simple: a flat 4.99% income tax. Your state taxable income is your gross pay minus the standard deduction, then the flat rate applies to every dollar above that.
The 2026 standard deduction is $15,000 (single), $30,000 (married filing jointly), $15,000 (head of household).
On exemptions: Georgia applies a standard deduction rather than a per-filer personal exemption. $5,000 dependent deduction per dependent for 2026 (HB 463, up from $4,000).
What’s taken out of a Georgia paycheck
| Taxable income (single) | Marginal rate |
| Over $0 | 4.99% |
This is a flat-rate schedule: one rate applies to all taxable income (after the standard deduction).
Example: a $75,000 salary in Georgia
On a $75,000 salary as a single filer: federal taxable income is $75,000 − $16,100 = $58,900, giving $7,670 of federal tax. State taxable income is $60,000, giving $2,994 of state tax. FICA takes $4,650 (Social Security) + $1,088 (Medicare). Estimated take-home: $58,598 per year ($2,254 per biweekly paycheck).
| Gross salary | $75,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$7,670 |
| State income tax (GA) | −$2,994 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$4,650 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$1,088 |
| Estimated take-home | $58,598 |
| Effective tax rate | 21.9% |
Single filer, standard deduction, no pre-tax contributions. The interactive calculator above recomputes this for any salary and filing status.
A note on local taxes in Georgia
Georgia does not authorize a local income tax on wages.
Georgia take-home pay: frequently asked questions
Does Georgia have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes. Georgia has a flat 4.99% income tax in 2026. There is no separate state rate table beyond the flat rate.
What are Georgia's 2026 tax brackets and standard deduction?
A flat 4.99% income tax. The 2026 standard deduction is $15,000 single / $30,000 married filing jointly.
What payroll taxes come out of a Georgia paycheck?
No employee-paid state payroll taxes are in the 2026 dataset for Georgia. Federal Social Security and Medicare still apply.
Are there local income taxes in Georgia?
Georgia does not authorize a local income tax on wages.
Does Georgia have a personal exemption?
Georgia applies a standard deduction rather than a per-filer personal exemption. $5,000 dependent deduction per dependent for 2026 (HB 463, up from $4,000).
Methodology & sources
State figures come from the site's versioned 2026 tax dataset (v1.0.0, researched 2026-10-11),
regenerated into this page automatically. Model: state taxable income = gross pay minus the state's 2026
standard deduction;
state brackets applied marginally; employee-paid state payroll taxes added at their 2026 rates and wage bases
(with published annual caps). Federal tax uses 2026 IRS brackets and standard deductions; FICA uses the 2026
Social Security wage base ($184,500) and Medicare rates. Personal exemption credits/deductions and
individual tax credits are not modeled — the result is an estimate, not a tax return.
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