Free Texas hourly paycheck calculator for 2026. Enter your wage and hours to see take-home pay after federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Texas deductions — Texas has no state income tax.
Enter your hourly wage. The Texas minimum wage for 2026 is $7.25.
Enter your regular hours per week and any overtime hours. Overtime is paid at 1.5× your hourly rate.
Choose how often you are paid (weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, or monthly) and your federal filing status from your W-4.
Texas has no state income tax, so there is nothing else to enter.
Click "Calculate" to see your take-home pay per paycheck and per year, with every federal and state deduction itemized.
Gross pay is your hourly rate × regular hours, plus overtime hours × rate × 1.5, converted to your pay period. Federal income tax is estimated with the IRS 2026 percentage method for a W-4 with no extra adjustments: annual wages minus the standard deduction, taxed at the 2026 brackets. Social Security is 6.2% of wages up to $184,500, and Medicare is 1.45% (plus 0.9% above $200,000). Texas has no state income tax, so the only taxes taken from a Texas paycheck are federal: income tax withholding, Social Security (6.2%), and Medicare (1.45%). Texas also has no employee-paid disability or family leave program. State unemployment tax is paid entirely by employers.
$7.25 an hour for 40 hours a week, paid every two weeks, filing single. Gross pay is $580.00 per paycheck ($15,080.00 a year). Withheld per paycheck: Federal income tax $0.00, Social Security (6.2%) $35.96, Medicare (1.45%) $8.41. Take-home pay: $535.63 per paycheck, or $13,926.38 a year — about $6.70 per hour worked.
$25.00 an hour for 40 hours a week, paid every two weeks, filing single. Gross pay is $2,000.00 per paycheck ($52,000.00 a year). Withheld per paycheck: Federal income tax $156.15, Social Security (6.2%) $124.00, Medicare (1.45%) $29.00. Take-home pay: $1,690.85 per paycheck, or $43,962.00 a year — about $21.14 per hour worked.
$32.00 an hour for 40 regular hours plus 5 overtime hours a week, paid weekly, filing married. Gross pay is $1,520.00 per paycheck ($79,040.00 a year). Withheld per paycheck: Federal income tax $98.55, Social Security (6.2%) $94.24, Medicare (1.45%) $22.04. Take-home pay: $1,305.17 per paycheck, or $67,868.64 a year — about $29.00 per hour worked.
Find answers to the most common questions about texas hourly paycheck calculator.
Texas has no state income tax, so the only taxes taken from a Texas paycheck are federal: income tax withholding, Social Security (6.2%), and Medicare (1.45%). Texas also has no employee-paid disability or family leave program. State unemployment tax is paid entirely by employers. On top of state deductions, every worker pays federal income tax (based on your W-4), Social Security at 6.2%, and Medicare at 1.45%. For a single worker earning $25 an hour full time, total deductions come to about 15% of gross pay.
Texas follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, and Texas cities are not allowed to set a higher local minimum. Tipped employees can be paid a cash wage of $2.13 as long as tips bring them to at least $7.25.
Texas has no state overtime law, so the federal FLSA applies: non-exempt employees earn 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. There is no daily overtime in Texas. Enter your weekly overtime hours in the calculator to include them. Under the federal "no tax on overtime" rule for 2025–2028, you may be able to deduct up to $12,500 of the extra half of your overtime pay ($25,000 if married filing jointly) on your federal return. That deduction is claimed when you file, so it does not lower the withholding shown here unless you adjust your W-4.
Because nothing is withheld for state or local income tax. A worker earning $25 an hour full time in Texas typically takes home several hundred to a few thousand dollars more per year than the same worker in a state with income tax. Texas raises revenue through sales and property taxes instead, which do not come out of your paycheck.
No. No Texas city or county levies an income tax on wages, so your take-home pay is the same whether you work in Houston, Dallas, Austin, or a rural county.
It uses the official 2026 withholding formulas, so for a standard W-4 with no other deductions it should be within a few dollars of your actual paycheck. Your real check will be lower if you have pre-tax deductions like 401(k) contributions or health insurance premiums (those also reduce your income tax), or extra withholding on your W-4. Sources: IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32, Social Security Administration 2026 wage base, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Minimum Wage Act; U.S. DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act.
Calculations and computational models on QuickBizCalc are verified against published regulatory standards and statutory tax tables:
Publication 15-T (Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods) & Publication 15 (Employer's Tax Guide).
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA 29 U.S.C. § 207) regulations on overtime hours, recordkeeping, and minimum wage.
OASDI taxable maximum wage base limits and statutory FICA tax rates (6.2% Social Security + 1.45% Medicare).
Formulas and worked examples are checked against the sources above before publishing. For advice on your own situation, consult a licensed tax professional or accountant.
Texas has no state income tax and no employee-paid state payroll taxes, so only federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare come out of your paycheck.
