Tennessee·Updated for 2026·Figures in USD · no Tennessee income tax on wages
Tennessee Paycheck Calculator (2026)
Tennessee has no state income tax on earned income, so your paycheck loses only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare. Enter your salary or hourly wage to see your take-home pay, worked out with the IRS's own 2026 withholding method.
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Federal income tax follows IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A, for a W-4 from 2020 or later. Your employer may round to whole dollars.
Figures last verified October 21, 2026. Withholding follows IRS Publication 15-T for 2026; Social Security and Medicare follow Publication 15 for 2026.
Tennessee take-home pay by salary
Single, paid every two weeks, with a standard W-4 and no pre-tax deductions:
Salary
Gross per paycheck
Federal income tax
Social Security + Medicare
Take-home per paycheck
Take-home per year
$40,000
$1,538.46
$100.77
$117.69
$1,320.00
$34,319.94
$50,000
$1,923.08
$146.92
$147.11
$1,629.05
$42,355.16
$60,000
$2,307.69
$193.08
$176.54
$1,938.07
$50,389.86
$75,000
$2,884.62
$295.00
$220.68
$2,368.94
$61,592.61
$100,000
$3,846.15
$506.54
$294.23
$3,045.38
$79,179.87
Hourly pay in Tennessee
40 hours a week, paid weekly, single:
Hourly wage
Gross per week
Taxes per week
Take-home per week
Take-home per year
$15.00
$600.00
$75.98
$524.02
$27,249.04
$20.00
$800.00
$115.28
$684.72
$35,605.44
$25.00
$1,000.00
$154.58
$845.42
$43,961.84
Minimum wage in Tennessee
Tennessee has no state minimum wage law. Employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Working 40 hours a week at $7.25, single and paid weekly, you earn $290.00 a week and take home $267.81 after taxes, or $13,926.38 a year.
Minimum wage
Hourly
Gross per week
Taxes per week
Take-home per week
Take-home per year
Tennessee
$7.25
$290.00
$22.19
$267.81
$13,926.38
Minimum wage as last verified on October 30, 2026. Taxes per week include everything this calculator withholds in Tennessee.
A worked example
$60,000 a year, single, paid every two weeks. Each paycheck is $2,307.69. For federal income tax, the employer multiplies it by 26 ($59,999.94), subtracts the $8,600 standard adjustment ($51,399.94), and applies the IRS table: $1,240.00 plus 12% of the amount over $19,900, or $5,019.99 a year. Divided by 26, that is $193.08. Social Security is $143.08 and Medicare $33.46, leaving $1,938.07.
Married filing jointly on $100,000 with two children under 17, paid every two weeks, takes home $3,427.31 a paycheck, with $124.61 of federal income tax.
Why Tennessee paychecks are bigger
Most states take their own income tax out of every paycheck. Tennessee has no income tax on earned income and no state withholding requirement, and its Hall tax on interest and dividends ended in 2021. So the taxes on a Tennessee paycheck are the federal ones.
Federal taxes: federal income tax, Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare (1.45%). Tennessee has no state withholding. On a $60,000 salary paid every two weeks, single, that is $193.08 of income tax and $176.54 of Social Security and Medicare, leaving $1,938.07 a paycheck.
Does Tennessee have a state income tax?
Not on wages. The Tennessee Department of Revenue says Tennessee has no state income tax on earned income and therefore no withholding requirements.
What was the Hall income tax?
A Tennessee tax on interest and dividend income, never on wages. It was repealed for tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
How is federal income tax withholding worked out?
Your employer annualizes each paycheck, subtracts a standard adjustment ($8,600, or $12,900 if married filing jointly, unless you checked the Step 2 box), applies the IRS withholding table, then divides by your number of paychecks and subtracts any dependent credits. This calculator follows the same IRS worksheet.
When does Social Security stop being taken out?
Once your pay for the year reaches $184,500, the 2026 wage base. Medicare has no cap, and an extra 0.9% applies to pay over $200,000.
Do 401(k) contributions lower my taxes?
A traditional 401(k) contribution lowers your federal income tax withholding, but Social Security and Medicare are still taken from it. Pre-tax health premiums through a cafeteria plan lower all three.
What about no tax on overtime or tips?
The overtime and tips deductions are claimed on your tax return, but you can ask your employer to withhold less now by adding the deduction you expect to Step 4(b) of a new W-4. Enter it under W-4 details to see the effect.
