Take-home pay, computed in the open.
Take-home pay $2,224.34 per biweekly paycheck
per biweekly paycheck · single · Maine · 2026 tables
- Gross / check
- $2,884.62
- Taxes / check
- $660.28
- Net / year
- $57,833
- Effective rate
- 22.9%
The stub, line by line
| Line item | Each paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,884.62 | $75,000 |
| Federal income tax | −$295.00 | −$7,670 |
| Maine income tax | −$130.18 | −$3,385 |
| Social Security | −$178.85 | −$4,650 |
| Medicare | −$41.83 | −$1,088 |
| Maine Paid Family & Medical Leave (employee share) | −$14.42 | −$375 |
| Take-home pay | $2,224.34 | $57,833 |
How Maine taxes a paycheck
Maine added a 2% surcharge on Maine taxable income above $1 million (above $1.5 million for joint filers and heads of household) starting in tax year 2026, lifting the top marginal rate to 9.15% — enacted in the April 2026 supplemental budget signed by Gov. Mills.
The 2026 Maine standard deduction is $15,700 for a single filer and $31,400 for a married couple filing jointly.
Maine allows a personal exemption of $5,300 per filer before its rate applies.
Employee-paid programs on every Maine stub:
- Maine Paid Family & Medical Leave (employee share) — 0.5% on wages up to $184,500, capped at $922.50 a year
2026 Maine brackets, single filer
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $27,400 | 5.8% |
| $27,400 – $64,850 | 6.75% |
| $64,850 – $1,000,000 | 7.15% |
| over $1,000,000 | 9.15% |
Common salaries, translated
Sources
- Maine Revenue Services — State of Maine 2026 Individual Income Tax Rates (rate schedules incl. 9.15% surcharge bracket, standard deduction $15,700/$31,400/$23,550/$15,700, personal exemption $5,300; revised May 5, 2026)
- Maine Revenue Services — 2026 Withholding Tables for Individual Income Tax Withholding (instructions)
- Thomson Reuters — Maine Announces Individual Income Tax Rate Schedules, Personal Exemption, Standard Deduction for 2026
- Maine Legislature — 36 M.R.S. §5124-C (standard deduction and its phase-out formula/denominators)
- Maine Legislature — 36 M.R.S. §5126-A (personal exemption and phase-out formula)
- Maine Paid Family & Medical Leave — 2026 Employer FAQ (maine.gov/paidleave)
- ITEP — Maine Passes Millionaires' Tax and Pushes Back on Federal Changes
- IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 — 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction
- SSA — 2026 Social Security wage base