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Tax year 2026 · Federal & state tables · Computed in your browser

Take-home pay, computed in the open.

per biweekly paycheck · single · Kentucky · 2026 tables

Gross / check
$2,884.62
Taxes / check
$612.11
Net / year
$59,085
Effective rate
21.2%

The stub, line by line

Each paycheckPer year
Gross pay$2,884.62$75,000
Federal income tax−$295.00−$7,670
Kentucky income tax−$96.44−$2,507
Social Security−$178.85−$4,650
Medicare−$41.83−$1,088
Take-home pay$2,272.50$59,085

Kentucky levies no local income tax at the state level, but cities and counties impose occupational license (payroll) taxes we do not compute — roughly 2.2% in Louisville Metro (1.45% city plus 0.75% Jefferson County school board) and 2.25% in Lexington-Fayette.

How Kentucky taxes a paycheck

Kentucky taxes all wage income at a flat 3.5% for 2026 — cut from 4.0% by HB 1 (signed February 6, 2025), the latest step in the state's trigger-based phase-down of the income tax.

The 2026 Kentucky standard deduction is $3,360 for a single filer and $3,360 for a married couple filing jointly.

Kentucky levies no local income tax at the state level, but cities and counties impose occupational license (payroll) taxes we do not compute — roughly 2.2% in Louisville Metro (1.45% city plus 0.75% Jefferson County school board) and 2.25% in Lexington-Fayette.

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