How Pennsylvania taxes your paycheck
Pennsylvania keeps it simple: a flat 3.07% income tax. Your state taxable income is your gross pay minus the standard deduction, then the flat rate applies to every dollar above that.
On exemptions: Pennsylvania has no personal exemption.
What’s taken out of a Pennsylvania paycheck
| Taxable income (single) | Marginal rate |
| Over $0 | 3.07% |
This is a flat-rate schedule: one rate applies to all taxable income (after the standard deduction).
Example: a $75,000 salary in Pennsylvania
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 $58,900, giving $1,808 of state tax. FICA takes $4,650 (Social Security) + $1,088 (Medicare). Estimated take-home: $59,784 per year ($2,299 per biweekly paycheck).
| Gross salary | $75,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$7,670 |
| State income tax (PA) | −$1,808 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$4,650 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$1,088 |
| Estimated take-home | $59,784 |
| Effective tax rate | 20.3% |
Single filer, standard deduction, no pre-tax contributions. The interactive calculator above recomputes this for any salary and filing status.
Local income taxes in Pennsylvania
Local Earned Income Tax (EIT) is levied by most municipalities and school districts, typically 0.5%-1%, split between resident and nonresident shares. Philadelphia wage tax: 3.74% residents / 3.43% nonresidents through 6/30/2026, then 3.735% / 3.425% effective 7/1/2026. A calculator user must supply the municipality (and school district) of residence/work.
Pennsylvania take-home pay: frequently asked questions
Does Pennsylvania have a state income tax in 2026?
Yes. Pennsylvania has a flat 3.07% income tax in 2026. There is no separate state rate table beyond the flat rate.
What are Pennsylvania's 2026 tax brackets and standard deduction?
A flat 3.07% income tax. Pennsylvania has no standard deduction of its own; the model uses the federal standard deduction ($16,100 single) as a proxy.
What payroll taxes come out of a Pennsylvania paycheck?
No employee-paid state payroll taxes are in the 2026 dataset for Pennsylvania. Federal Social Security and Medicare still apply.
Are there local income taxes in Pennsylvania?
Yes — this matters. Local Earned Income Tax (EIT) is levied by most municipalities and school districts, typically 0.5%-1%, split between resident and nonresident shares. Philadelphia wage tax: 3.74% residents / 3.43% nonresidents through 6/30/2026, then 3.735% / 3.425% effective 7/1/2026. A calculator user must... The calculator above does not include local taxes, so city earners should treat the estimate as slightly high.
Does Pennsylvania have a personal exemption?
Pennsylvania has no personal exemption.
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 (Pennsylvania has no standard deduction of its own, so the federal standard deduction is used as a proxy);
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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