Connecticut Paycheck Calculator
Estimate your Connecticut take-home pay after federal withholding and FICA. Nothing leaves your browser.
Showing a $60,000/year, single-filer example for Connecticut: $47,772.50 take-home pay after taxes. Enter your own numbers above for your result.
| Gross pay | $60,000.00 |
| Federal income tax | -$5,020.00 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | -$3,720.00 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | -$870.00 |
| Connecticut state income tax | -$2,317.50 |
| CT Paid Leave (PFML) | -$300.00 |
| Net take-home pay | $47,772.50 |
Estimate only, not tax advice — see the full disclaimer. Tax data last verified: 2026-08-08.
How Connecticut paycheck taxes work
Connecticut's paycheck withholding is unusually layered for a seven-bracket state (2% to 6.99%): on top of the brackets, the state's own withholding formula phases out a stepped personal exemption as income rises, then adds back a chunk of the tax savings from the bottom 2% bracket once income clears roughly $50,000 to $100,000 (depending on filing status), then adds a second, larger claw-back above roughly $105,000 to $210,000 that recaptures the benefit of the lower brackets entirely for high earners, and finally applies a personal tax credit that shaves a further 1% to 75% off the result at lower incomes. Every one of those thresholds is set by withholding code, which doesn't map one-to-one to filing status; this calculator uses the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services' own code-to-filing-status pairing (single tracks Withholding Code F, married filing separately tracks Code A, head of household tracks Code B, and married filing jointly tracks Code C) exactly as published. A Connecticut paycheck also has a mandatory CT Paid Leave contribution (0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage base) on top of federal tax, FICA, and state income tax. There's no local or county income tax anywhere in Connecticut.
Federal income tax is calculated using the 2026 IRS tax brackets after subtracting your standard deduction, based on your filing status. FICA is a flat 6.2% Social Security tax (up to the annual wage base) plus 1.45% Medicare tax, with an additional 0.9% Medicare tax on income above $200,000 (single) or $250,000 (married filing jointly).
Tax data last verified: 2026-08-08.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Connecticut have a state income tax?
Yes. Connecticut taxes wage income at 7 brackets ranging from 2% to 6.99%. See the state-specific section above for exactly how that applies to your filing status.
How is federal income tax calculated on a Connecticut paycheck?
Federal tax is calculated on taxable income (gross pay minus your standard deduction) using the 2026 IRS marginal tax brackets, which apply the same way in every state, including Connecticut. See "How Paycheck Withholding Works" for the full breakdown.
What is FICA and how much is withheld?
FICA is 6.2% Social Security (up to the annual wage base) plus 1.45% Medicare, with an additional 0.9% Medicare tax above $200,000 (single) or $250,000 (married filing jointly). It applies the same way in every state, including Connecticut.
Is this calculator exact?
No, it's an estimate based on standard 2026 tax tables and common assumptions. It doesn't account for every possible deduction, credit, filing situation, or local tax. For Connecticut specifically, it applies the state's own withholding-code-to-filing-status mapping exactly as published, including the stepped exemption and add-back tables, but doesn't collect the alternate elections an employee could make on their own W-4. See the disclaimer above the breakdown for details.