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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 · Wisconsin · 2026 tables

Gross / check
$2,884.62
Taxes / check
$628.95
Net / year
$58,647
Effective rate
21.8%

The stub, line by line

Each paycheckPer year
Gross pay$2,884.62$75,000
Federal income tax−$295.00−$7,670
Wisconsin income tax−$113.27−$2,945
Social Security−$178.85−$4,650
Medicare−$41.83−$1,088
Take-home pay$2,255.67$58,647

Wisconsin levies no county or municipal income taxes, so only the state income tax applies to Wisconsin wages.

How Wisconsin taxes a paycheck

For 2026 Wisconsin keeps its four rates (3.5%–7.65%), but the second bracket taxes far more income at 4.4% — a widening enacted in the July 2025 state budget and now inflation-indexed, reaching $51,950 for single filers.

The 2026 Wisconsin standard deduction is $13,960 for a single filer and $25,840 for a married couple filing jointly.

Wisconsin allows a personal exemption of $700 per filer before its rate applies.

Wisconsin levies no county or municipal income taxes, so only the state income tax applies to Wisconsin wages.

2026 Wisconsin brackets, single filer

Taxable income Rate
$0 – $15,110 3.5%
$15,110 – $51,950 4.4%
$51,950 – $332,720 5.3%
over $332,720 7.65%

Common salaries, translated

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