California Paycheck Calculator

California income tax calculator to estimate take-home pay after tax for California State residents.

Take home pay calculator California

It calculates Federal income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, and state tax.

The social security tax rate is 6.2% and the Medicare tax is 1.45% of gross income. The maximum taxable earnings for social security tax is $142,800 for the year 2021. Single filers pay an additional 0.9% in Medicare taxes if income is over $200,000 ($250,000 for married filing jointly).

This calculator uses the standard deduction of $12,550 (single) and $25,100 (married filing jointly) for the Federal tax year 2021. After gross income less standard deduction, that is taxable income subject to Federal income tax.

It also uses a common standard deduction of $4,803(single filer) and $9,606(married filing jointly) for state tax purposes.

The gross income less state standard deduction, that is taxable income subject to state tax. California State tax bracket varies from 1% to 13.3%, top tax rate is 13.3% for income over $1,000,000(single filer) and $2,000,000 (married filing jointly).